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Brown and White Caterthuns © Historic Environment Scotland

Brown and White Caterthuns © Historic Environment Scotland

The Brown and White Caterthuns are a pair of large hill forts sitting about 1km apart on adjacent hills overlooking Strathmore. Both are enclosed by a series of earthworks, and it is likely they had multiple functions, serving both as military and ceremonial centres. Indeed, they could be regarded as one site with two summits A massive stone-built oblong fort, with evidence for vitrification, surrounds the summit of the White Caterthun.

Brown and White Caterthuns © Historic Environment Scotland


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