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Juniper Face

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0130

Location

Atlas number
SC0130 (130)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Wigtownshire
Parish, community, or townland
Leswalt
National Grid reference
NW 9601 6500
Latitude
54.93787
Longitude
-5.18605
Altitude
10 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.04 ha
Footprint
0.07 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1984); Other (1990)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
4811
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG533
National record
record NW 96 NE 27; monument 60365
Wikidata
Q31056352

Sources