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Finavon Castle

Scotland
HES SM2464
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Scotland
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Overview

History & significance

Finavon Castle is a medieval fortified settlement located in Angus, Scotland. The site comprises the remains of a castle and associated defensive works positioned on a prominent outcrop, dating principally to the medieval period. The castle represents an important example of lordly territorial control in the region, commanding strategic approaches through Angus. Archaeological investigation and historical records have documented its significance as a seat of local power, though like many Scottish castles of its era, it has undergone considerable structural change and decay over the centuries.

Finavon Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2464. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Finavon Castle?

Finavon Castle is a medieval fortified settlement located in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2464.

Who is responsible for protecting Finavon Castle?

Finavon Castle 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 SM2464.

What other scheduled monuments are near Finavon Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Turin Hill, forts and cup-and-ring marked rock (3.4 km), Blackgate Smithy,stone circle (3.8 km), Rob's Reed, homestead 485m ESE of Home Farm (4.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Turin Hill, forts and cup-and-ring marked rock
Iron Age · Forts and cup-and-ring marked rock3.4 km
Blackgate Smithy,stone circle
Bronze Age · Stone circle3.8 km
Rob's Reed, homestead 485m ESE of Home Farm
Homestead 485m ese of home farm4.1 km
Carse Grey, stone setting 225m WNW of
Stone setting4.3 km
Myreside,henge,enclosure and barrows NW of
Bronze Age · Henge,enclosure and barrows4.4 km
Carse Grey,settlement and souterrains 600m SW of
Iron Age · Settlement and souterrains4.8 km
Restenneth Priory
5.1 km
Westerton,standing stone 120m W of
Bronze Age · Standing stone5.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Finavon Castle

Finavon Castle stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.

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