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Cullykhan is a Iron Age promontory fort located on the Aberdeenshire coast near Banffshire, Scotland. The site occupies a naturally defensible headland and exhibits the characteristic features of Iron Age coastal settlement, with evidence of occupation dating to the pre-Roman iron age period. The fort was later reused and modified during subsequent periods, with later medieval and early modern activity evidenced by the addition of defensive structures including a castle and battery installation. The promontory's strategic position overlooking the North Sea made it valuable for successive periods of settlement and fortification across many centuries.
Cullykhan, Castle Point, promontory fort, castle and battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11037. View the official record →
Cullykhan is a Iron Age promontory fort located on the Aberdeenshire coast near Banffshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11037.
Cullykhan, Castle Point, promontory fort, castle and battery dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a castle point, promontory fort, castle and battery. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cullykhan, Castle Point, promontory fort, castle and battery 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 SM11037.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Litterty Hill,cairn (2.4 km), Cummerton,cairn 600m NNW of (2.4 km), Blackhillocks, hut circle 710m SE of (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cullykhan, Castle Point, promontory fort, castle and battery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cullykhan, Castle Point, promontory fort, castle and battery stands on Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is sedimentary rocks.