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Longbank

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0338

Location

Atlas number
SC0338 (338)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Kirkmahoe
National Grid reference
NX 9600 8457
Latitude
55.14460
Longitude
-3.63327
Altitude
80 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 0, NW 2
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.35 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and spur
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1949); Other (1964)

Identifiers

HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG6271
National record
record NX 98 SE 1; monument 65813
Wikidata
Q31059373

Sources