Dundurn, Scotland

Dundurn is the site of a Pictish hillfort in what is now Strathearn in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

St Fillan's Hill, the site of the Dundurn hillfort.

The fort was situated on a hill with the River Earn to one side and the Allt Ghoinean burn to another. Excavations have identified three stages of fortification between 500 and 800 AD.[1][2]

The fort at Dundurn (or Dún Duirn) is mentioned twice in the Annals of Ulster, firstly relating to a siege in 683 AD,[3] at which time it was held by King Bridei III,[4] and secondly as the location of the death of a King Giric (King Gregory) in 889 AD.[5]

It is a designated scheduled monument.[6]

References
  1. "How the Picts Lived: Buildings". Historic Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. Historic Environment Scotland. "Dundurn (24873)". Canmore. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. "Year U683". Annals of Ulster. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. Fraser, James (2009). From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795. Edinburgh University Press. p. 228. ISBN 9780748612321.
  5. Driscoll, Stephen (1992). "Discourse on the Frontiers of History: Material Culture and Social Reproduction in Early Scotland" (PDF). Historical Archaeology. Society for Historical Archaeology (subscription required). 26 (3): 16–18. doi:10.1007/BF03373539. JSTOR 25616173. S2CID 160217576.
  6. Historic Environment Scotland. "Dundurn Fort,fort St Fillan's Hill (SM2885)". Retrieved 15 February 2019.

56.3839°N 4.0939°W / 56.3839; -4.0939

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