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Girvan Mains
South Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0794
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0794 (794)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Girvan
- National Grid reference
- NX 1902 9960
- Latitude
- 55.25729
- Longitude
- -4.84928
- Altitude
- 25 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
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.2 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east); Blocked (North east); Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1957); Other (1980); Other (1982)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 5501
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 11413
- National record
- record NX 19 NE 29; monument 62054
- Wikidata
- Q31103499
Sources