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, 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
- Barmekin of Echt
- Barra Hill
- 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
- The Doon (Drumadoon), Arran
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
- Doon of May
- Grennan Hill
- Tynron Doon
East Lothian
- Black Castle
- Blackcastle Hill
- Chesters Hill Fort (Historic Scotland)
- Kae Heughs, near Haddington
- Kidlaw, near Dalkeith
- 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
- Dundurn
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.
- Addinston
- Black Meldon
- Broxmouth (destroyed)
- Bunkle Edge (Drakemire hillforts) series of linked hillforts running along a ridge north of the B6438 from Reston to Preston
- Chester Hill, Burnmouth
- Cockburn Law
- Colud's Fort, Kirk Hill (Colodaesburg), St Abb's Head
- Duns Law ("Covenanter's Camp"), Duns
- Earns Heugh
- Edin's Hall Broch (Historic Scotland)
- Eildon Hill
- Fosterland Burn
- Gordon Castle, Bogle Plantation, Gordon
- Habchester, Bastleridge
- Hirsel Law
- Milkieston Rings
- Mutiny Stones
- Northshield Rings
- Peniel Heugh
- Primrose Hill Fort
- Raecleugh Head
- Tollis Hill
- White Meldon
South Lanarkshire
- Black Hill (National Trust for Scotland)
Stirling
- Castle Law, Dumyat
- Gillies Hill
West Dunbartonshire
- Dumbarton Rock
West Lothian
- Bowden Hill, near Linlithgow
- Castlethorn, or Canniewell Slack, Torphichen
- Cockleroy
- Dechmont Law, possible hill fort remains
- Peace Knowe, by Ochiltree
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
References
External links
- 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
