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Sheep Hill Fort is an Iron Age fortified settlement located at Auchentorlie in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The fort is defined by defensive earthworks characteristic of Iron Age hill fort construction in Scotland, positioned to command views across the surrounding landscape. Its chronology places it within the Iron Age period, during which such defended settlements served as centres of habitation, storage, and potentially territorial control for local communities. The site remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns in west-central Scotland.
Sheep Hill,fort,Auchentorlie is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2908. View the official record →
Sheep Hill Fort is an Iron Age fortified settlement located at Auchentorlie in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2908.
Sheep Hill,fort,Auchentorlie dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort,auchentorlie. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Sheep Hill,fort,Auchentorlie 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 SM2908.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Drumcross, enclosure 140m WSW of (3.3 km), Forth and Clyde Canal: Old Kilpatrick - Linnvale (5.3 km), Barochan Hill, Roman fort 440m NNW of Barochan House (5.7 km).
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