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Westport Fort, located 240 metres north of Westport in Argyllshire, is an Iron Age fort whose earthwork defences represent a significant example of prehistoric fortified settlement in the west of Scotland. The site comprises substantial ramparts and ditches characteristic of Iron Age defensive architecture, indicating a period of construction and occupation during the pre-Roman Iron Age. Its location in Argyllshire places it within a region rich in Iron Age settlement archaeology, where such forts served defensive and possibly administrative functions for the communities that inhabited them. The fort's survival as an earthwork monument makes it an important archaeological resource for understanding Iron Age society and settlement patterns in western Scotland.
Westport,fort 240m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3274. View the official record →
Westport Fort, located 240 metres north of Westport in Argyllshire, is an Iron Age fort whose earthwork defences represent a significant example of prehistoric fortified settlement in the west of Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3274.
Westport,fort 240m N of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Westport,fort 240m N of 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 SM3274.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cnocan Sithean,cairn,Machrihanish (6.2 km), Uisaed, cairn 330m NW of Fisherman's Cottage (6.4 km), Cnoc Sabhail,dun,Machrihanish (6.5 km).
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