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Gars Hill, West Roucan
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0855
Location
- Atlas number
- SC0855 (855)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Historic county
- Dumfriesshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Torthorwald
- National Grid reference
- NY 0258 7864
- Latitude
- 55.09265
- Longitude
- -3.52799
- Altitude
- 60 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.23 ha
- Footprint
- 1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1792); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1804); Other (1856); Other (1912); Other (1963)
Identifiers
- HER
- Dumfries & Galloway MDG6582
- National record
- record NY 07 NW 1; monument 66134
- Wikidata
- Q31059735
Sources
References
- Statistical Account (1791-9) The statistical account of Scotland, drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. Sinclair, J (ed). Edinburgh
- RCAHMS (1920) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Seventh Report with Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in the County of Dumfries. HMSO: Edinburgh