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Fell of Barhullion
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0218
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0218 (218)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Historic county
- Wigtownshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Glasserton
- National Grid reference
- NX 3745 4188
- Latitude
- 54.74553
- Longitude
- -4.52691
- Altitude
- 130 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.07 ha
- Footprint
- 0.25 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
- Also recorded
- chevaux de frise
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1849); Other (1911); Other (1951); Earthwork Survey (1955); Other (1973); Other (2009); Earthwork Survey (2012); Other (2014)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1980
- HER
- Dumfries & Galloway MDG2429
- National record
- record NX 34 SE 15; monument 62757
- Wikidata
- Q31057486
Sources
References
- Douglas, C, Hudson, G, Sproat, D and Cavers, G (2012) The Machars; An Archaeological Survey. Available online from AOC Archaeology Group.
- Feachem, R (1963b) A guide to prehistoric Scotland, London
- Page(s): 160 Held at RCAHMS E.2.FEA
- 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
- Page(s): 10, No.7 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV(4).R