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Burghead Fort

In or near Burghead.

Burghead Fort — hillfort in Moray, Scotland, UK.

Burghead Fort

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Burghead Fort is a archaeological in highlands. (Early medieval fortress in Scotland.) Wikipedia notes: "Burghead Fort was a Pictish promontory fort on the site now occupied by the small town of Burghead in Moray, Scotland. It was one of the earliest power centres of the Picts and was three times the size of any other enclosed site in Early Medieval Scotland.". Coordinates 57.7032°, -3.4967°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
57.7032, -3.4967

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