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Dow Hill
South Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0796
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0796 (796)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Girvan
- National Grid reference
- NX 1928 9608
- Latitude
- 55.22579
- Longitude
- -4.84304
- Altitude
- 150 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 1, SW 2, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.06 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856); Earthwork Survey (1891); Other (1895); Other (1953); Other (1963); Other (1965); Other (1977); Other (1982); Other (1983)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 2525
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 11434
- National record
- record NX 19 NE 7; monument 62075
- Wikidata
- Q31103505
Sources
References
- Christison, D (1893) 'The prehistoric forts of Ayrshire', Proc Soc Antiq Scot 27, 381-405
- Feachem, R (196b) A guide to prehistoric Scotland, London
- Smith, J (1895) Prehistoric man in Ayrshire, London