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Clanghie Point

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0183

Location

Atlas number
SC0183 (183)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Wigtownshire
Parish, community, or townland
Kirkmaiden
National Grid reference
NX 0855 4158
Latitude
54.73266
Longitude
-4.97508
Altitude
10 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
0.13 ha
Footprint
0.2 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
Earthwork Survey (1984); Other (1990)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
4922
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG675
National record
record NX 04 SE 20; monument 60511
Wikidata
Q31056654

Sources