Dundurn, Scotland Explained

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 800AD.[1]

The fort at Dundurn (or Dún Duirn) is mentioned twice in the Annals of Ulster, firstly relating to a siege in 683AD,[2] at which time it was held by King Bridei III,[3] and secondly as the location of the death of a King Giric (King Gregory) in 889AD.[4]

It is a designated scheduled monument.

References

56.3839°N -4.0939°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: How the Picts Lived: Buildings. Historic Scotland. 17 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092803/http://www.pictishstones.org.uk/pictishstones/pictishstoneshome/aboutthepicts/society/lived.htm. 4 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Year U683. Annals of Ulster. 17 December 2014.
  3. Book: Fraser, James. From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795. 2009. Edinburgh University Press. 228. 9780748612321.
  4. Driscoll. Stephen. 1992. Discourse on the Frontiers of History: Material Culture and Social Reproduction in Early Scotland. Historical Archaeology. Society for Historical Archaeology . 26. 3. 16–18. 10.1007/BF03373539. 25616173. 160217576.

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