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Houdston Hill
South Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0797
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0797 (797)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Girvan
- National Grid reference
- NX 1972 9832
- Latitude
- 55.24606
- Longitude
- -4.83746
- Altitude
- 40 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
- 0.4 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1977); Other (1980); Other (1983)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 5603
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 11411
- National record
- record NX 19 NE 27; monument 62052
- Wikidata
- Q31103509
Sources