List of hillforts in Scotland

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Animated LIDAR data of The Doon, or Drimadoon coastal hillfort, on the Isle of Arran

Bennachie from the east, Aberdeenshire

Remains of the fort at Dunadd, Kilmartin, Argyll

Traprain Law, East Lothian

Arthur's Seat, viewed to the north-north-east from Blackford Hill Trig Point

Prospect from Craig Phadrig, looking westward along the southern shore of the Beauly Firth

Edin's Hall Broch, Berwickshire

Rock outcrop and pond, Peniel Heugh summit

Dumbarton Rock on Clyde Water

Kite aerial photo of Peace Knowe in Ayrshire

Chesters Hill Fort, East Lothian

Dry stone remains of White Catherun, out by Brechin

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.

Aberdeenshire[]

• Bennachie
• Dunnicaer
• Dunnideer
• Tap o' Noth

Angus[]

• The Caterthuns

Argyll and Bute[]

• An Caisteal, Coll
• Dùn Cholla, Colonsay
• Dùn Dubh, Coll
• Dùn Eibhinn, Colonsay
• Dùn Meadhonach, Colonsay
• Dùn Morbhaidh, Coll
• Dunadd, Argyll
• Dun Skeig, Kintyre

Clackmannanshire[]

• Castle Law, Dumyat

Dumfries and Galloway[]

• Doon of May
• Grennan Hill
• Tynron Doon

East Lothian[]

• Black Castle
• Blackcastle Hill
• Chesters Hill Fort (Historic Scotland)
• Traprain Law
• White Castle

City of Edinburgh[]

• Arthur's Seat
• Blackford Hill

Fife[]

• Clatchard Craig
• Norman's Law

Highland[]

• Dunearn
• Dun Cruinn
• Dun Evan
• Dun Ringill
• Dun Skudiburgh
• Craig Phadrig, Inverness

Midlothian[]

• Castle Law

Moray[]

• Cluny Hill
• Doune of Relugas
• Knock of Alves

Perth and Kinross[]

• Moredun Top hill fort, Moncreiffe Hill^[2]
• Dundurn

Scottish Borders[]

According to the Trimontium Trust the area has 408, one of the highest concentrations in Europe.

• Black Meldon
• Edin's Hall Broch (Historic Scotland)
• Eildon Hill
• Milkieston Rings
• Northshield Rings
• Peniel Heugh
• White Meldon

South Lanarkshire[]

• Black Hill (National Trust for Scotland)

Stirling[]

• Dumyat
• Gillies Hill

West Dunbartonshire[]

• Dumbarton Rock

West Lothian[]

• , by Ochiltree
• Dechmont Law, possible hill fort

Western Isles[]

• Dùn Èistean

See also[]

• David Christison
• List of castles in Scotland
• Hillforts in Scotland
• Hillforts in Britain
• Hillfort of Otzenhausen
• List of hillforts on the Isle of Man
• List of hillforts in Northern Ireland
• List of hillforts in Ireland
• List of hillforts in Wales
• List of hillforts in Monmouthshire
• List of hillforts in England
• List of hillforts and ancient settlements in Somerset
• Forts in Cornwall
• List of hillforts in Latvia

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hill forts in Scotland.

• West Lothian Archaeology Group, aerial photography of a number of hill forts in West Lothian
• Hillforts Atlas Project – a crowd-sourced project to map the hillforts of Britain and Ireland