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Duniehinnie, Mull of Logan

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0181

Location

Atlas number
SC0181 (181)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Wigtownshire
Parish, community, or townland
Kirkmaiden
National Grid reference
NX 0755 4257
Latitude
54.74116
Longitude
-4.99124
Altitude
9 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.3 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1885); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1894); Other (1911); Other (1939); Other (1953); Other (1972); Other (1984)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1974
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG683
National record
record NX 04 SE 3; monument 60519
Wikidata
Q31056585

Sources

References

  1. RCAHMS (1912) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Fourth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in Galloway, 1, county of Wigtown, Edinburgh.
  2. Wilson, G (1885) 'Description of ancient forts, etc., in Wigtownshire'. Archaeol Hist Collect Ayrshire Galloway 5 (1885), 62-73