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Fort, Meikle Wood Hill is a hillfort situated on high ground in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. The monument comprises defensive earthworks characteristic of Iron Age settlement, with banks and ditches defining an enclosed hilltop position that would have provided both defensive advantage and commanding views across the surrounding landscape. Such forts represent significant centres of settlement, authority, and territorial control during the Iron Age period, though precise dating and phases of occupation at this particular site remain subjects for archaeological investigation. The site's survival as an upstanding archaeological monument makes it valuable for understanding patterns of Iron Age settlement in the south-west of Scotland and the Borders region.
Fort, Meikle Wood Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8367. View the official record →
Fort, Meikle Wood Hill is a hillfort situated on high ground in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8367.
Fort, Meikle Wood Hill 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 SM8367.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Threave Castle (0.6 km), Castle Earthworks,enclosure 500m SSW of Mains of Greenlaw (1.5 km), Glenlochar,Roman fort, annexe, road, camps & barrows 50m E of Montford (2.6 km).
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