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Greenhillhead Fort is an Iron Age fortification located in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. The site comprises a substantial univallate hillfort, defended by a single rampart and ditch system characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in the Scottish Borders region. The fort occupies a commanding hilltop position, typical of Iron Age fortified settlements which served both defensive and territorial functions during the later prehistoric period. Such sites are understood to have functioned as centres of population, craft production, and social authority during the Iron Age, though detailed chronological evidence and excavation records for Greenhillhead specifically remain limited in the published scholarly record.
Greenhillhead,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4083. View the official record →
Greenhillhead Fort is an Iron Age fortification located in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4083.
Greenhillhead,fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Greenhillhead,fort 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 SM4083.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Range Castle, fort (4.3 km), Moss Castle, fort (4.6 km), Nutholmhill, settlement 160m E of (4.9 km).
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