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East Lomond Hill is a promontory fort and cairn situated in Fife, Scotland, and protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The fort occupies a prominent hilltop position commanding views across the surrounding landscape, with defences characteristic of Iron Age settlement in eastern Scotland. The underlying bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, formed during the Westphalian period, comprises the sedimentary deposits upon which the monument stands.
The fort itself consists of ramparted enclosures typical of the Iron Age period, with the hill's natural elevation providing strategic advantage and forming part of its defensive system. The cairn, also present on the site, represents a separate monument phase, though the relationship between these two structures requires consideration of the site's chronological development.
The prominent hilltop location of East Lomond Hill would have offered significant defensive capability and visibility across the Fife landscape during the Iron Age occupation. The site's preservation has allowed the earthwork defences to survive to the present day, maintaining their form within the wider archaeological record of Iron Age fortified settlements in eastern Scotland.
East Lomond Hill, fort and cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM810. View the official record →
East Lomond Hill is a promontory fort and cairn situated in Fife, Scotland, and protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM810.
East Lomond Hill, fort and cairn dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort and cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
East Lomond Hill, fort and cairn 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 SM810.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Purin, fort 350m SW of (2.2 km), Maiden Castle, fort (2.3 km), Nether Drums, fort 300m NW of (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of East Lomond Hill, fort and cairn'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.
East Lomond Hill, fort and cairn stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.