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Burnhead
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0340
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0340 (340)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Historic county
- Dumfriesshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Penpont
- National Grid reference
- NX 8604 9550
- Latitude
- 55.24059
- Longitude
- -3.79372
- Altitude
- 60 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.12 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- Dumfries & Galloway MDG5637
- National record
- record NX 89 NE 45; monument 65181
- Wikidata
- Q31059418
Sources