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Mouswald Manse

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0862

Location

Atlas number
SC0862 (862)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Ruthwell
National Grid reference
NY 0608 7270
Latitude
55.03999
Longitude
-3.47115
Altitude
30 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.35 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1955); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1967); Other (1984)

Identifiers

HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG12134
National record
record NY 07 SE 18; monument 66171
Wikidata
Q31059800

Sources