Dunmore Hill

Nearest town:
Callander (3km ENE)
OS reference:
NN60140759
OS sheet:
57
Latitude:
56° 14' 24.6 N
Longitude:
4° 15' 25.05 W
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Image of Dunmore Hill (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Excellent defences, excellent views... easy parking. Recommended stop-off just outside Callander on the way north.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Dunmore Hill (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Perhaps that boulder has always been there and the inhabitants decided it would be prudent not to move it...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Dunmore Hill (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Loch Venachar lies beyond the excellent banks...

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Image of Dunmore Hill (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Looking east toward Callander... the glacial erratic ‘Samson’s Stone’ can be seen perched upon the hill top left.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Dunmore Hill (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

The defences are outstanding for such an apparently minor site...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Articles

Dunmore Hill

ginger tt
ginger tt Feb 14, 2009

Dunmore is a prehistoric fort on a prominent hill overlooking Callander. It is defended by the remains of four walls on all sides except the east where steep slopes provided sufficient defence. An enclosure below the fort on the north may be contemporary.

Dunmore is the most impressive of a number of forts in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs area. Most of them were probably constructed not simply for defence and security, but also to display the power and status of their builder

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Apr 2011

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