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Clanghie Bay

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0182

Location

Atlas number
SC0182 (182)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Wigtownshire
Parish, community, or townland
Kirkmaiden
National Grid reference
NX 0875 4156
Latitude
54.73256
Longitude
-4.97196
Altitude
5 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.04 ha
Footprint
0.07 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
ditches

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
4845
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG673
National record
record NX 04 SE 19; monument 60509
Wikidata
Q31056623

Sources