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List of hillforts in Scotland

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List of hillforts in Scotland
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This article lists a few selected examples of hill forts in Scotland. The remains of at least 1,695 hillforts have been counted throughout the country as a whole,[1] most predominantly on the Scottish mainland, and also including on some of the Scottish islands. One of the highest concentrations of historic hillforts in Europe, according to the Trimontium Trust, is in the Scottish Borders, including particularly in the historic county of Berwickshire. Hill forts in Scotland typically date from the Bronze and Iron Ages, but post-Roman inhabitation of many sites is also important. The remains today typically survive only as earthworks with occasional traces of structural stone in varying quantity. Remains of vitrified forts are also found throughout Scotland.

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Bennachie from the east, Aberdeenshire
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Remains of the fort at Dunadd, Kilmartin, Argyll
Animated LIDAR data of The Doon, or Drimadoon coastal hillfort, on the Isle of Arran
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Traprain Law, East Lothian
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Arthur's Seat, viewed to the north-north-east from Blackford Hill Trig Point
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Prospect from Craig Phadrig, looking westward along the southern shore of the Beauly Firth
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Edin's Hall Broch, Berwickshire
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Rock outcrop and pond, Peniel Heugh summit
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Dumbarton Rock on Clyde Water
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Kite aerial photo of Peace Knowe in West Lothian
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Chesters Hill Fort, East Lothian
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Dry stone remains of White Catherun, out by Brechin
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Aberdeenshire

Angus

Argyll and Bute

Clackmannanshire

Dumfries and Galloway

East Lothian

City of Edinburgh

Fife

Highland

Midlothian

Moray

Perth and Kinross

Scottish Borders

According to the Trimontium Trust, the area of the Scottish Borders lays claim to as many as 408 identifiable hillfort sites, one of the highest concentrations in Europe.

South Lanarkshire

Stirling

West Dunbartonshire

West Lothian

Western Isles

See also

References

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