Dundurn


Site type: fort

Parish: Comrie

County: Perthshire

Grid reference: NN 7080 2327

Lat / long: 56.38349022, -4.092730122

Alternative names: Dùn Fhaoláin (Dun Fhaolain); St Fillan's Hill

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

It's easy to see why Dundurn was chosen as the site of a fort, as it rises steeply from the flat ground around it making it easy to defend. The slopes are littered with stones that are from the fort's walls, which have now tumbled from their original position on the flat summit.

The views from the top are stunning, and show further it's strategic importance, offering a sweeping vista of the wide flood plain of the River Earn below, and covering several major mountain passes.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:19 pm, last updated Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:19 pm