Dundurn, Scotland

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

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

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 (Site no. NN72SW 3)" . Retrieved 25 June 2025.
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. 26 (3). Society for Historical Archaeology (subscription required): 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.

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