15/01/2018 2,400-Year-Old Iron Age Fort Discovered In The Scottish Highlands

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January 13, 2018

2,400-Year-Old Iron Age Fort

Discovered In The Scottish Highlands

The remains may also have belonged to one of the area's past lords or chiefs.
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The remains of a 2,400-year-old Iron Age fort have just

been discovered deep in Strathglass in the lush Scottish
Highlands after loggers spotted the mysterious structure
and called in archaeologists to investigate the site.
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While the location was previously discovered sometime in
the 1940s after a survey was taken in the area, no
investigation was ever undertaken and it was swiftly
forgotten about until the recent logging expedition
uncovered the site once again.

Even though it is surmised that these remains were most

likely that of an Iron Age fort, there is also a chance that it
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On the other hand, it’s highly possible that its first use
would have been to have housed a lord or chief, after
which it was abandoned and afterwards used only in times
of great need, such as war.

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A broch, or roundhouse, discovered in Scotland's

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trees, it was revealed that there were four other large

structures that would have been situated near the fort,
along with some type of wall that is surmised to have been
used for defensive purposes. Archaeologists believe that
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