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Kirkton Hill is a Iron Age fort located in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders. The site comprises a defended settlement with defensive earthworks characteristic of Iron Age fortification practices in south-eastern Scotland, dating to the pre-Roman Iron Age period. The fort's physical remains include banks and ditches that once enclosed and protected the settlement, typical of the hill fort tradition found throughout this region during the first millennium BC. Kirkton Hill represents an important example of Iron Age settlement hierarchy and defensive architecture in the Borders landscape.
Kirkton Hill,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1700. View the official record →
Kirkton Hill is a Iron Age fort located in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1700.
Kirkton Hill,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.
Kirkton Hill,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 SM1700.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blakebillend,cairn 335m E of Williams Rig (6.5 km), Blakebillend, tracked target range, 750m WNW and 570m and 740m NW of Penchrise Peel (6.9 km), Penchrise Pen,earthwork 420m E of (7.5 km).
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