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Kilwhimen Barracks is a fortified settlement of Iron Age date located near Fort Augustus in Inverness-shire. The site comprises defensive earthworks including a rampart system that enclosed a residential or communal space, characteristic of the hillfort tradition of northern Scotland during the Iron Age period. Its position in the Great Glen landscape reflects strategic settlement patterns of the later prehistoric Highlands. The site remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age occupation in the central Highlands, though like many such monuments its exact chronology and functional details continue to be refined through ongoing research.
Kilwhimen Barracks, Fort Augustus is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9903. View the official record →
Kilwhimen Barracks is a fortified settlement of Iron Age date located near Fort Augustus in Inverness-shire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9903.
Kilwhimen Barracks, Fort Augustus dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort augustus. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Kilwhimen Barracks, Fort Augustus 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 SM9903.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caledonian Canal, Fort Augustus to Loch Ness (0.4 km), Cherry Island, crannog, Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness (1.5 km), Caledonian Canal,Kyltra Lock to Fort Augustus (1.9 km).
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