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Port a' Chaisteil is an Iron Age dun situated 505 metres south-south-west of Tangy Lodge in Argyllshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a small fortified settlement typical of the Iron Age period, constructed with stone walls characteristic of defensive domestic architecture from this era. Such duns served as strongholds for elite families and their dependents, providing both protection and a visible assertion of territorial authority across the Scottish landscape. The site's location in Argyll reflects the broader distribution of Iron Age settlements throughout the west of Scotland during the first millennium BCE and the centuries immediately following.
Port a' Chaisteil, dun 505m SSW of Tangy Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3273. View the official record →
Port a' Chaisteil is an Iron Age dun situated 505 metres south-south-west of Tangy Lodge in Argyllshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3273.
Port a' Chaisteil, dun 505m SSW of Tangy Lodge dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a dun 505m ssw of tangy lodge. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Port a' Chaisteil, dun 505m SSW of Tangy Lodge 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 SM3273.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kilmichael, Old Parish Church SE of farm (6.3 km), Cnocan Sithean,cairn,Machrihanish (6.8 km), Uisaed, cairn 330m NW of Fisherman's Cottage (7 km).
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