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Duniewick
South Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0209
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0209 (209)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Colmonell
- National Grid reference
- NX 1160 8515
- Latitude
- 55.12484
- Longitude
- -4.95634
- Altitude
- 135 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 0.06 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- pottery, animal bones, and lithics
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1895); Earthwork Survey (1954); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1956); Other (1970); Other (1977); Other (1981)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 2887
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 11319
- National record
- record NX 18 NW 12; monument 61960
- Wikidata
- Q31103488
Sources
References
- Feachem, R (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland, London (p 179)
- Smith, J 1895 Prehistoric Man in Ayrshire. London