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Doon Hill, Boreland
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0220
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0220 (220)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Historic county
- Wigtownshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kirkcowan
- National Grid reference
- NX 3473 5852
- Latitude
- 54.89403
- Longitude
- -4.57862
- Altitude
- 75 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.3 ha
- Footprint
- 0.7 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1848); Other (1911); Other (1976); Other (2012)
Identifiers
- HER
- Dumfries & Galloway MDG2540
- National record
- record NX 35 NW 1; monument 62876
- Wikidata
- Q31056898
Sources
References
- Douglas, C, Hudson, G, Sproat, D and Cavers, G (2012) The Machars; An Archaeological Survey. Available online from AOC Archaeology Group.
- 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.