Noble, GordonEvans, NicholasHamilton, DerekMacIver, CathyMasson-MacLean, EdouardO'Driscoll, JamesCruickshanks, GemmaHunter, FraserIngemark, DominicMainland, IngridTaylor, SimonWallace, Colin2021-11-282021-11-282020-05-28Noble, G, Evans, N, Hamilton, D, MacIver, C, Masson-MacLean, E, O'Driscoll, J, Cruickshanks, G, Hunter, F, Ingemark, D, Mainland, I, Taylor, S & Wallace, C 2020, 'Dunnicaer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland : a Roman Iron Age promontory fort beyond the frontier', Archaeological Journal, vol. 177, no. 2, pp. 256-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2020.17240500066-5983SCOPUS: 85086433626ORCID: /0000-0001-5789-6846/work/88321161ORCID: /0000-0003-0945-7747/work/179300539https://hdl.handle.net/2164/17575Acknowledgements Thanks to Dunecht Estate for granting permission to access and investigate Dunnicaer. Duncan Paterson of North-east Mountaineering very ably got the team up on top and ensured our safety at all times. Many thanks to the brave diggers Michael Stratigos, Claire Christie, Vanessa Rees, Rob Lenfert, Oskar Sveinbjarnarson, Grace Woolmer, Anni Tolppanen, John Graham, Victoria Wilson, Katie South, Juudit Gross, Scott White, Gemma Cruickshanks, John Harrison, Sarah Elliot, Jeff Oliver and Juliette Mitchell (and Duncan). Bruce Mann and Caroline Palmer kindly provided scans of aerial photographs of Dunnicaer from the Aberdeenshire SMR records. The project was funded by Don and Elizabeth Cruickshank through the University of Aberdeen Development Trust, by Aberdeenshire Council and through grant funding from the Strathmartine Trust.83504948engPictishRoman Iron Agefortsettlementsymbol stonecoastal erosionCC ArchaeologyArchaeologyConservationArchaeologyOtherUniversity of Aberdeen Development TrustAberdeenshire CouncilStrathmartine TrustCCJournal article10.1080/00665983.2020.1724050http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086433626&partnerID=8YFLogxK1772