Dundurn, Scotland

Dundurn is the site of a Pictish hillfort in what is now Strathearn in 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 in 889 AD.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "How the Picts Lived: Buildings". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Dundurn". RCAHMS. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  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.
  5. ↑ Driscoll, Stephen (1992). "Discourse on the Frontiers of History: Material Culture and Social Reproduction in Early Scotland". Historical Archaeology. Society for Historical Archaeology (subscription required). 26 (3): 16–18. JSTOR 25616173.

Coordinates: 56°23′01″N 4°05′37″W / 56.3836°N 4.0936°W / 56.3836; -4.0936

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