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Duchary Rock is a Iron Age fort located in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. The site occupies a naturally defensible rocky outcrop, a characteristic location for fortified settlements of this period in northern Scotland. The fort's physical remains reflect the Iron Age settlement patterns of the far north, though detailed archaeological investigation and documentation of the site's structural elements remain limited in the published scholarly record. Such rocky fortifications in Sutherland represent an important category of Iron Age settlement evidence in a region where defended homesteads formed a significant part of the regional economy and social organisation.
Duchary Rock, fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1854. View the official record →
Duchary Rock is a Iron Age fort located in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1854.
Duchary Rock, fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Duchary Rock, fort 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 SM1854.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carrol, fish farm 430m SE, 410m SSE, 660m and 890m SSW of (1.5 km), Carrol,broch 600m SSW of,Loch Brora (1.7 km), Backies, broch 300m N of Whitestone Croft (2.7 km).
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