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Dunearn, fort 510m S of, is an Iron Age fort located in Nairnshire, Scotland. The site comprises a defensive earthwork characteristic of the Iron Age period, when such fortified settlements served as centres of local authority and protection. The fort's physical remains reflect the constructional methods and settlement patterns typical of northern Scottish Iron Age communities, though detailed excavation records for this specific site are limited in the readily available scholarly literature.
Dunearn, fort 510m S of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2470. View the official record →
Dunearn, fort 510m S of, is an Iron Age fort located in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2470.
Dunearn, fort 510m S of 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.
Dunearn, fort 510m S of 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 SM2470.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burnside, bridge 300m W of (1.2 km), Princess Stone, cross-slab 250m SSW of Glenferness House (2 km), Little Banchor, depopulated settlement 1130m WSW of Banchor (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dunearn, fort 510m S of'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.
Dunearn, fort 510m S of stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.