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Lud Castle is an Iron Age fort situated 400 metres to the east-south-east of Tanglehall in Angus, Scotland. The monument lies on bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, Pragian sandstone interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone that provides a stable foundation. This geology is characteristic of the region and would have offered suitable ground for the fort's construction. The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2876, recognising its archaeological significance.
Iron Age forts of this type across Scotland typically comprised defended settlements consisting of ramparts and ditches that served both domestic and defensive purposes. Lud Castle's position in Angus, an area rich in prehistoric settlement evidence, reflects the strategic and territorial importance of such sites in the first millennium before the common era.
The fort remains a key element of the Iron Age landscape of Angus, contributing to understanding of how early Scottish communities organised and defended their settlements. Its protection ensures preservation of potential archaeological deposits that may yield further evidence of the lives and structures of Iron Age inhabitants in this part of eastern Scotland.
Lud Castle, fort 400m ESE of Tanglehall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2876. View the official record →
Lud Castle is an Iron Age fort situated 400 metres to the east-south-east of Tanglehall in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2876.
Lud Castle, fort 400m ESE of Tanglehall dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort 400m ese of tanglehall. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Lud Castle, fort 400m ESE of Tanglehall 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 SM2876.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Rock,fort,Auchmithie (0.7 km), Maiden Castle, fort 700m ESE of East Seaton (1.8 km), Dickmount Law, cairn (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lud Castle, fort 400m ESE of Tanglehall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Lud Castle, fort 400m ESE of Tanglehall stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.