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Glenlair Burn

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0301

Location

Atlas number
SC0301 (301)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Kirkcudbrightshire
Parish, community, or townland
Parton
National Grid reference
NX 7496 7259
Latitude
55.03209
Longitude
-3.95792
Altitude
120 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant and Cropmark
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.09 ha
Footprint
0.38 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1953); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1977)

Identifiers

HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG4317
National record
record NX 77 SW 4; monument 64739
Wikidata
Q31058581

Sources