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Trusty's Hill is a Iron Age fort situated in Kirkcudbrightshire in south-western Scotland. The site comprises a substantial defensive earthwork with an associated symbol stone, a carved rock face that displays Pictish symbols including a crescent and V-rod motif, indicating occupation or use during the early medieval period. Excavations have revealed evidence of habitation and craft working, including metalworking debris, suggesting the fort served as a significant settlement and possibly a place of elite residence. The monument represents an important sequence of occupation spanning the Iron Age through the Pictish period, providing archaeological evidence for continuity of settlement in the region.
Trusty's Hill,fort & symbol stone is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1100. View the official record →
Trusty's Hill is a Iron Age fort situated in Kirkcudbrightshire in south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1100.
Trusty's Hill,fort & symbol stone dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort & symbol stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Trusty's Hill,fort & symbol stone 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 SM1100.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing Stones of Newton, burial chamber (5.1 km), Plunton Castle,Lennox Plunton (5.5 km), Ardwall Island,chapels & cemetery (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Trusty's Hill,fort & symbol stone'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.
Trusty's Hill,fort & symbol stone stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.