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Fordoun homestead moat is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The site comprises a substantial moated enclosure typical of high medieval domestic settlements in northeastern Scotland, likely dating from the twelfth to fourteenth centuries. The moat itself forms a water-filled or water-retaining ditch surrounding a raised homestead platform, a defensive design that provided both practical protection and status demarcation for its medieval occupants. Such moated sites in this region reflect the period of intensive settlement and land organisation during the later medieval period in the Scottish lowlands and represent the domestic architecture of significant landholding families of their era.
Fordoun,homestead moat is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2231. View the official record →
Fordoun homestead moat is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2231.
Fordoun,homestead moat 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 SM2231.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St. Palladius' Chapel (1.7 km), Cairn of Arthurhouse, 260m W of Thornylea (3.4 km), Erskine's Knap,burial mound 600m SE of Scotston (3.6 km).
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