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Court Hill
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0308
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0308 (308)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Historic county
- Kirkcudbrightshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Buittle
- National Grid reference
- NX 8197 5837
- Latitude
- 54.90608
- Longitude
- -3.84245
- Altitude
- 150 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
- 0.19 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1891); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1894); Other (1969)
Identifiers
- HER
- Dumfries & Galloway MDG4457
- National record
- record NX 85 NW 3; monument 64884
- Wikidata
- Q31058728
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