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Clanyard Bay

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0196

Location

Atlas number
SC0196 (196)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Wigtownshire
Parish, community, or townland
Kirkmaiden
National Grid reference
NX 1030 3771
Latitude
54.69861
Longitude
-4.94528
Altitude
20 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.3 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (2005)

Identifiers

HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG22128
National record
record NX 13 NW 120; monument 286201
Wikidata
Q31056476

Sources