Home / Scotland / Dumfries & Galloway / Nutholm

Nutholm

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0940

Location

Atlas number
SC0940 (940)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
St Mungo
National Grid reference
NY 1316 7646
Latitude
55.07500
Longitude
-3.36164
Altitude
95 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 1, SW 1, NW 2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.13 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1857); Other (1912); Other (1966); Other (1973); Other (2008)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
11922
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG7021
National record
record NY 17 NW 6; monument 66666
Wikidata
Q31060430

Sources

References

  1. 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