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Park Fort is an Iron Age fort situated 900 metres south-south-east of Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock of the Gala Group, Telychian wacke, which outcrops across this undulating landscape of the Scottish Borders lowlands. This hard, erosion-resistant stone would have provided a defensible position and practical building material for the fort's construction during the Iron Age period, roughly 750 BCE to 100 CE.
The fort's defensive capabilities would have been enhanced by its topography, typical of Iron Age fortification sites in eastern Scotland. Such forts typically featured multiple ramparts and ditches arranged concentrically or in linear patterns, though the specific configuration at Park Fort remains to be determined by detailed survey work. The proximity to Dunbar, a locality with significant prehistoric and medieval archaeological interest, suggests this fort occupied an important position within the Iron Age settlement hierarchy of the region.
Park Fort is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM5795, acknowledging its importance to understanding Iron Age settlement, defence and territorial organisation in East Lothian. The monument contributes to the archaeological record of fortified sites across the fertile lowlands of south-east Scotland, a region that supported substantial Iron Age communities.
Park,fort 900m SSE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5795. View the official record →
Park Fort is an Iron Age fort situated 900 metres south-south-east of Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5795.
Park,fort 900m SSE 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.
Park,fort 900m SSE 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 SM5795.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Whitestone Cairn,cairn,Harestone Hill (2.9 km), Kingside Rig,enclosure (2.9 km), Byrecleugh, farmstead 1900m WNW of (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Park,fort 900m SSE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Park,fort 900m SSE of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.