Hillforts around Callander

The archaeological landscape around Callander is rich and varied, from Neolithic burial monuments to evidence of post-medieval agriculture and industry, and everything in between.

There are 31 known or possible hillforts in the Stirling region. Those local to Callander include: Dunmore and Auchenlaich, both excavated as part of Callander’s Landscape and considered in more detail here; Mid Torrie and Easter Torrie, to the south-east; and Tamnafalloch, a little way south of Callander. Tamnafalloch has been dated to the late Bronze Age.

A little way north is Dundurn, which was excavated in the 1970s. Work there revealed that it dates to the late 6th-early 7th century, in the early medieval period. It is a key site in how archaeologists and historians understand early medieval hillforts today.