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Auld Kirk of Lochroan
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0291
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0291 (291)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Historic county
- Kirkcudbrightshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Crossmichael
- National Grid reference
- NX 7387 6913
- Latitude
- 55.00074
- Longitude
- -3.97343
- Altitude
- 210 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.23 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1850); Earthwork Survey (1891); Other (1911); Other (1938); Other (1951); Other (1968)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1051
- HER
- Dumfries & Galloway MDG4199
- National record
- record NX 76 NW 7; monument 64617
- Wikidata
- Q31059487
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
- 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.