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Broom Hill

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC0984

Location

Atlas number
SC0984 (984)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Hutton And Corrie
National Grid reference
NY 1540 9161
Latitude
55.21149
Longitude
-3.33109
Altitude
225 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 2, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.37 ha
Enclosure areas
0.23 ha, 0.37 ha
Footprint
0.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1857); Other (1912); Earthwork Survey (1968); Other (1972); Other (1978); Earthwork Survey (1991)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
3350
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG7302
National record
record NY 19 SE 3; monument 66942
Wikidata
Q31060662

Sources

References

  1. Feachem, R (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland, London
  2. Jobey, G (1971) 'Early settlements in eastern Dumfriesshire'. Trans Dumfriesshire Galloway Natur Hist Antiq Soc, 3 Ser, 48 (1971), 78-105
  3. 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
  4. RCAHMS (1997) Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Eastern Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape. HMSO: Edinburgh