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Woodend

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0975

Location

Atlas number
SC0975 (975)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Johnstone
National Grid reference
NY 1018 9497
Latitude
55.24083
Longitude
-3.41404
Altitude
95 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Extant and Cropmark
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.3 ha
Footprint
1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1952); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1971); Other (1990)

Identifiers

HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG7262
National record
record NY 19 NW 17; monument 66906
Wikidata
Q31060304

Sources