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Hog Sound Fort is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in Shetland, Scotland. The site comprises the remains of a broch or similar stone-built defensive structure characteristic of the Iron Age settlement pattern in the Northern Isles, dating to the first millennium before the Common Era. The monument reflects the strategic importance of Shetland's coastal locations during the Iron Age, when such fortified sites served both defensive and administrative functions for local communities. The physical remains at Hog Sound preserve evidence of Iron Age occupation and construction techniques typical of the north Scottish archaeological record.
Hog Sound,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5368. View the official record →
Hog Sound Fort is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5368.
Hog Sound,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.
Hog Sound,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 SM5368.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lingness, prehistoric houses 740m NE of (4.1 km), Brough,broch on the Burrian 200m N of (4.8 km), Turness, burnt mound 180m NE of Babsies (5 km).
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