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Kirkton Fort is an Iron Age fort situated in Lanarkshire, Scotland, approximately 860 metres north-north-east of Kirkton. The monument occupies ground underlain by Crawford Group and Moffat Shale Group rocks of Llandovery age, comprising mudstone, chert and smectite-claystone that have weathered to create the rolling topography characteristic of this part of southern Scotland.
Iron Age forts of this type typically comprised one or more concentric ramparts with external ditches, serving as defended settlements or places of refuge for local populations during the first millennium before the Common Era. Their hilltop or elevated locations offered natural defensive advantages whilst allowing communities to monitor approaches across surrounding valleys and higher ground.
The fort is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2614, recognising its significance as evidence of Iron Age settlement patterns and social organisation in the region. The site's survival within the modern landscape contributes to understanding how communities adapted to and utilised the geology and topography of Lanarkshire during prehistory.
Kirkton,fort 860m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2614. View the official record →
Kirkton Fort is an Iron Age fort situated in Lanarkshire, Scotland, approximately 860 metres north-north-east of Kirkton. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2614.
Kirkton,fort 860m NNE of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Kirkton,fort 860m NNE of 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 SM2614.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including North Shortcleugh,platform settlement 1500m E of (4.4 km), Glengeith, settlement, bastle house and field system (5.2 km), Bodsberry Hill,fort (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kirkton,fort 860m NNE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Kirkton,fort 860m NNE of stands on Crawford Group And Moffat Shale Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, chert and smectite-claystone.