Best of Scottish Highlands
The 20 best hill forts in Scottish Highlands
Our curated top 20 hill forts in Scottish Highlands, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 92 hill forts see the full hill forts index for Scottish Highlands.
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Easter Aquhorthies
Easter Aquhorthies — well-preserved recumbent stone circle in north-east Scotland.
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Urquhart Castle
Urquhart Castle ( UR-kərt; Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal na Sròine) is a ruined castle that sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road, 21 kilometres (13 mi) southwe
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Hill o' Many Stanes
Hill o' Many Stanes — hillside in Mid Clyth, Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland.
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Castle Sinclair Girnigoe
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe is located about 3 miles north of Wick on the east coast of Caithness, Scotland. It is considered to be one of the earliest seats of Clan Sinclair. It comprises the ruins of t
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Dun Telve
Dun Telve — iron-age broch located about 4 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, in Scotland, UK.
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Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan — iron-age broch located about 5 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, in Scotland, UK.
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Machrie Moor Stone Circles
Machrie Moor Stone Circles — archaeological site in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.
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Dundarg Castle
Dundarg Castle is a ruined castle about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north-northeast of New Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built within the ramparts of an earlier Iron Age promontory fort. It was describ
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Hilton of Cadboll Stone
Hilton of Cadboll Stone — Class II Pictish stone discovered at Hilton of Cadboll.
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Port an Eilean Mhòir ship burial
Port an Eilean Mhòir ship burial — Viking boat burial site at Swordle, Highland, Scotland, UK.
