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Latitude: 56.6088 / 56°36'31"N
Longitude: -2.4955 / 2°29'43"W
OS Eastings: 369681
OS Northings: 746437
OS Grid: NO696464
Mapcode National: GBR VY.0LFL
Mapcode Global: WH8S3.M4WX
Entry Name: Prail Castle,fort
Scheduled Date: 8 February 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5587
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Inverkeilor
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Arbroath East and Lunan
Traditional County: Angus
The monument consists of a promontory fort of the Iron Age, about 2000 years old.
A long, narrow, promontory is defended by multiple ramparts and ditches. The inner rampart sits on top of a low scarp and survives to a height of about 1.0m. Between the scarp and a modern field dyke to the W are a number of further defences. N of a central approach causeway are remains of two ditches and a rampart, while S of the causeway are three ditches and two ramparts, the ditches made at least partly by modifying natural gullies.
The area to be scheduled is irregular in shape and measures 140m NW-SE by 100m transversely. It is bounded by a field dyke on the W and elsewhere by coastal cliffs: the field dyke is specifically excluded from scheduling. The area to be scheduled is marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as an Iron Age promontory fort which, taken together with a number of other forts on the Angus coast, has the potential to considerably enhance our understanding of Iron Age settlement in the area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NO64NE 7.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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