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Dinning

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0320

Location

Atlas number
SC0320 (320)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Closeburn
National Grid reference
NX 8921 8927
Latitude
55.18534
Longitude
-3.74150
Altitude
50 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.22 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1952); Other (1975); Other (1977); Other (1984); Other (1987)

Identifiers

HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG5497
National record
record NX 88 NE 18; monument 65061
Wikidata
Q31058972

Sources