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Dun Evan is a Iron Age fort located in Nairnshire, Scotland. The fort comprises a univallate hill fort with a single defensive rampart enclosing the summit of a rocky outcrop, characteristic of Iron Age fortification practice in northern Scotland. The site demonstrates the settlement patterns and defensive strategies employed by Iron Age communities in the Moray region during the first millennium BCE. As a scheduled ancient monument, Dun Evan remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age occupation and territorial control in the Scottish Highlands.
Dun Evan,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2896. View the official record →
Dun Evan is a Iron Age fort located in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2896.
Dun Evan,fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Dun Evan,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 SM2896.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Barevan's Church and Churchyard, Foxmoss Wood (1 km), Easter Rattich, depopulated settlement 575m SSW of Ruallan (2.4 km), Rehiran Farm House, cairn 1530m ESE of (2.6 km).
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