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The Dun is an Iron Age fort located 400 metres south-east of Tyndun in Perthshire, Scotland. The site occupies volcanic and sedimentary bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, formed during the Middle Cambrian period, which has provided a naturally defensible foundation. The fort is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4587.
Iron Age forts of this type were typically occupied between roughly 800 BC and the Roman period, serving as defended settlements and territorial markers. Their construction exploited natural landscape features, and the Dun's position on ancient volcanic rock would have offered both practical advantages for fortification and visual prominence across the surrounding Perthshire landscape. Such sites frequently show evidence of repeated occupation and adaptation over centuries.
The fort's survival and scheduling reflect its archaeological significance as a record of Iron Age settlement patterns in central Scotland. The specific geology of the site, with its foundation in hard volcanic and tuffaceous stone, would have influenced both the construction methods employed by its Iron Age builders and the preservation of structural remains. Like other scheduled monuments in the region, the Dun contributes to understanding the distribution and character of defended sites across Perthshire during the pre-Roman Iron Age.
The Dun,fort 400m ESE of Tyndun is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4587. View the official record →
The Dun is an Iron Age fort located 400 metres south-east of Tyndun in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4587.
The Dun,fort 400m ESE of Tyndun dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort 400m ese of tyndun. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
The Dun,fort 400m ESE of Tyndun 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 SM4587.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Margmore, cup and ring marked rock 580m SSW of (1.4 km), Margmore, cup-marked rock 740m SSW of (1.6 km), Urlar,ring cairn 700m SE of and cup marked boulder 750m E of (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of The Dun,fort 400m ESE of Tyndun'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.
The Dun,fort 400m ESE of Tyndun stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is lava, tuff, volcaniclastic rock and sedimentary rock.