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Hallmuir

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland · Atlas SC0938

Location

Atlas number
SC0938 (938)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Dryfesdale
National Grid reference
NY 1276 7858
Latitude
55.09397
Longitude
-3.36856
Altitude
60 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
0.63 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
commercial forestry

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1726); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1755); Other (1912); Other (1957); Other (1966); Other (1973); Other (2008)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
11913
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG7020
National record
record NY 17 NW 4; monument 66664
Wikidata
Q31060412

Sources

References

  1. Gordon, A (1726) Itinerarium Septentrionale: or A Journey Thro most of the Counties of Scotland And Those in the North of England. London
  2. RCAHMS (1920) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Seventh Report with Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in the County of Dumfries. HMSO: Edinburgh
  3. RCAHMS (1997a) Eastern Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape. HMSO: Edinburgh (p 130)