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Craig Hill
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0260
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0260 (260)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Historic county
- Kirkcudbrightshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Balmaghie
- National Grid reference
- NX 6915 6607
- Latitude
- 54.97204
- Longitude
- -4.04577
- Altitude
- 135 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1849); Earthwork Survey (1892); Other (1894); Other (1911); Other (1968); Other (1969)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 2891
- HER
- Dumfries & Galloway MDG3761
- National record
- record NX 66 NE 4; monument 64169
- Wikidata
- Q31058398
Sources
References
- Coles, F R (1893) 'The motes, forts, and doons in the east and west divisions of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright', Proc Soc Antiq Scot 27, 92-182
- Feachem, R (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland, London
- RCAHMS (1914) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Fifth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in Galloway, II, county of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Edinburgh