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Drumcarrow Craig is a broch situated in Fife, Scotland, and protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM808. Brochs are distinctive Iron Age stone towers that represent one of Scotland's most remarkable archaeological monuments, concentrated in the northern and western regions. This broch stands upon bedrock formed from the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary rocks laid down during the Westphalian period when Scotland lay beneath ancient seas and deltas.
The tower's construction exploits the natural rocky outcrop at Drumcarrow Craig, integrating the landscape into its defensive and residential design. The broch form, with its hollow-walled circular construction and internal galleries, represents a sophisticated architectural response to the social and military needs of Iron Age Fife during the first centuries before and after the Roman occupation of southern Britain.
The Clackmannan Group bedrock underlying the site is characteristic of the coal measures geology that defines much of central Scotland's stratigraphy. This foundation of sedimentary strata would have been well known to the broch's builders, whose choice of location demonstrates both practical understanding of the local landscape and strategic positioning within the Iron Age settlement hierarchy of the Forth valley region.
Drumcarrow Craig, broch is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM808. View the official record →
Drumcarrow Craig is a broch situated in Fife, Scotland, and protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM808.
Drumcarrow Craig, broch dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a broch. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Drumcarrow Craig, broch is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM808.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Drumcarrow Craig, hut circles (0.4 km), Denork Craig, Fort (0.6 km), Morton of Blebo,motte 350m S of (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Drumcarrow Craig, broch's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Drumcarrow Craig, broch stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.