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.
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Aberdeenshire Barmekin of Echt Barra Hill Mither Tap 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), ArranThe Doon Hillfort, Arran, by David Ross, Britain ExpressDrumadoon, Geological Society of Glasgow
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 HaddingtonKae Heughs, Barney Mains, The Megalithic Portal Kidlaw, near DalkeithKidlaw Hillfort, The Megalithic Portal 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)Broxmouth (site of), Stravaiging Around Scotland Bunkle Edge (Drakemire hillforts) series of linked hillforts running along a ridge north of the B6438 from Reston to PrestonDrakemire Hillforts (Marygold), The Megalithic PortalMarygold Plantation, forts 845m W and 730m NW of MarygoldSM375, Historic Environment Scotland, Scheduled MonumentPreston Cleugh Hillfort, The Megalithic PortalMarygoldhill Plantation (Marygold Plantation; Bunkle Edge), Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland, SC4104 Chester Hill, BurnmouthChester Hillfort and Cultivation Terraces, Ancient Monuments, History on the Ground Cockburn LawCockburn Law, Stravaiging Around ScotlandCockburn Law, Canmore, National Record of the Historic Environment Colud's Fort, Kirk Hill (Colodaesburg), St Abb's HeadSt Abb's Head (Kirk Hill; Colodaesburg), Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland, SC4150 Duns Law ("Covenanter's Camp"), DunsDuns Law Hillfort, The Megalithic Portal Earns HeughWhat were bronze age hillhorts, like Earnsheugh, used for?, Garden Visit, Garden Design and Landscape Architecture Edin's Hall Broch (Historic Scotland) Eildon Hill Fosterland BurnFosterlands, fort 500m N of SM4998, Historic Environment Scotland, Scheduled MonumentFosterland Burn, Canmore, National Record of the Historic Environment Gordon Castle, Bogle Plantation, GordonBogle Plantation, Gordon Castle, Canmore, National Record of the Historic Environment Habchester, BastleridgeHabchester, fort 1100m ESE of Bastleridge, SM4637, Historic Environment Scotland, Scheduled MonumentHabchester (Bastleridge), Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland, SC4153 Hirsel LawHirsel Law, Canmore, National Record of the Historic EnvironmentHirsel Law, Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland, SC4078Hirsel Law Fort, SM12349, Historic Environment, Scotland. Scheduled Monument Milkieston Rings Mutiny StonesMutiny Stones and Twin Law, Rambling Scot Northshield Rings Peniel Heugh Primrose Hill FortPrimrose Hill Fort, The Megalithic Portal Raecleugh HeadRaecleugh Head Hill, fort 690m NNW of Raecleugh Head, SM378, Historic Environment Scotland, Scheduled MonumentRaecleughhead Hillfort, The Megalithic Portal Tollis HillTollis Hill Hillfort, The Megalithic Portal 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 LinlithgowBowden Hill fort, Linlithgow, SM2283, Historic Environment Scotland, Scheduled MonumentBowden Hill, Canmore, National Record of the Historic Environment Castlethorn, or Canniewell Slack, TorphichenCastlethorn fort, Torphichen Hills, Stravaiging Around Scotland Cockleroy Dechmont Law, possible hill fort remains Peace Knowe, by OchiltreeSC3690: Peace Knowe, Atlas of Hillorts of Britain and IrelandPeace Knowe, Canmore ID 49312, Canmore, National Record of the Historic Environment
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