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Saline Hill fort is an Iron Age defensive structure located approximately 1280 metres south-east of Sheardrum in Fife, Scotland. The site comprises earthwork fortifications typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in eastern Scotland, consisting of ramparts and ditches that would have served both defensive and territorial functions during the later prehistoric period. Such forts represent important evidence of Iron Age community organisation and land control in the region, though specific details regarding the fort's construction phases, internal structures, and chronological precision remain subject to ongoing archaeological investigation. The monument is recorded within the Historic Environment Record under HES INSPIRE designation SM8540.
Saline Hill, fort 1280m SE of Sheardrum is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8540. View the official record →
Saline Hill fort is an Iron Age defensive structure located approximately 1280 metres south-east of Sheardrum in Fife, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8540.
Saline Hill, fort 1280m SE of Sheardrum dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort 1280m se of sheardrum. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Saline Hill, fort 1280m SE of Sheardrum 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 SM8540.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tuilyies, stone setting, Torryburn, Fife (6.9 km), Drumfin Cottage, fort 540m SSW of (7.2 km), Dunfermline Abbey, Nether Yett, 10m NNE of Old Kirk Cottage (7.9 km).
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