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Loaninghead is a Iron Age fort located approximately 350 metres north-east of Loaninghead in Perthshire, Scotland. The fort represents a defensive settlement of the Iron Age period, reflecting the settlement patterns and fortification practices characteristic of early medieval and Iron Age communities in central Scotland. Its physical character as a fortified enclosure would have served both defensive and administrative functions within the local Iron Age landscape. The site is recorded within the Historic Environment Scotland INSPIRE database under reference SM7593, documenting its significance within the regional archaeological record of Perthshire.
Loaninghead, fort 350m NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7593. View the official record →
Loaninghead is a Iron Age fort located approximately 350 metres north-east of Loaninghead in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7593.
Loaninghead, fort 350m NE of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Loaninghead, fort 350m NE 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 SM7593.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Loaninghead, symbol stone 270m E of, Gleneagles (0.2 km), Peterhead,enclosure 250m NNE of (0.4 km), Peterhead, standing stone 350m NNW of (0.5 km).
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