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Dunadd is an Iron Age fort and early historic settlement located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, occupying a prominent rocky outcrop in the Moine Mhor valley. The site preserves evidence of occupation spanning from the Iron Age through the early medieval period, with particular significance as a possible royal or administrative centre of the kingdom of Dál Riata during the fifth to seventh centuries. The fort's rock carvings include a carved boar, cup-marks, and an ogham inscription, which constitute important material evidence of the site's status and cultural connections to both pre-Christian and early Christian Gaelic society. The asymmetrical ramparts and the carved footprint on the summit suggest ritual or ceremonial functions alongside defensive purposes, making Dunadd one of the most archaeologically significant early medieval sites in western Scotland.
Dunadd,fort,boar carving,ogam inscription and cupmarkings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90108. View the official record →
Dunadd is an Iron Age fort and early historic settlement located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, occupying a prominent rocky outcrop in the Moine Mhor valley. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90108.
Dunadd,fort,boar carving,ogam inscription and cupmarkings dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort,boar carving,ogam inscription and cupmarkings. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dunadd,fort,boar carving,ogam inscription and cupmarkings 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 SM90108.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carn Ban, cairn, Cairnbaan (2.8 km), Achnabreck,prehistoric rock carvings 370m NNE of (3.5 km), Achnabreck,standing stone 275m SSW of (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dunadd,fort,boar carving,ogam inscription and cupmarkings's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Dunadd,fort,boar carving,ogam inscription and cupmarkings stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.