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]

  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. 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.