What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Prail Castle as Promontory Fort (iron Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Prail Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort, likely built between 800 BC and 100 AD, and is important as a defensive and possibly ceremonial site reflecting early Scottish settlement patterns.
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Places near here
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Red HeadPromontory Fort (iron Age), Slit Trench (second World War) · 1149 yd
Ethie CastlePlantation (post Medieval) · 1198 yd
RumnessHeadland · 1379 yd
Mains of EthieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Maw SkellyCliff · 1.2 mi
Auchmithie BeachBeach / strand · 1.7 mi
'castle Rock', AuchmithieCup and Ring Marked Rock (neolithic), Fort (iron Age) · 1.7 mi
Laverock DenWood · 2.1 mi
West Woods of EthieWood · 2.5 mi
Inverkeilor, KirktonNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.7 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0