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Stroanfreggan Craig
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0263
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0263 (263)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Historic county
- Kirkcudbrightshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Dalry
- National Grid reference
- NX 6370 9206
- Latitude
- 55.20400
- Longitude
- -4.14331
- Altitude
- 225 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 1, SW 2, NW 2
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.17 ha
- Footprint
- 0.4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1851); Earthwork Survey (1891); Other (1911); Other (1937); Other (1951); Other (1978)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1095
- HER
- Dumfries & Galloway MDG3966
- National record
- record NX 69 SW 5; monument 64376
- Wikidata
- Q31058487
Sources
References
- Coles, F R 1892 'The Motes, Forts, and Doons of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbrightshire. (Part II)' Proc Soc Antiq Scot 26, 117-70
- Feachem, R (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland, London (p 131)
- 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