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Dinwoodie Hill
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1008
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1008 (1008)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Historic county
- Dumfriesshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Applegarth
- National Grid reference
- NY 1075 9242
- Latitude
- 55.21803
- Longitude
- -3.40441
- Altitude
- 105 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort and multiple enclosure
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 1.36 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.2 ha, 1.36 ha
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- annex and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1755); Other (1857); Other (1890); Other (1912); Excavation (1952); Earthwork Survey (1955); Other (1972); Other (2010)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 12665
- HER
- Dumfries & Galloway MDG7335
- National record
- record NY 19 SW 3; monument 66967
- Wikidata
- Q31060768
Sources
References
- Christison, D (1891) 'A general view of the forts, camps, and motes of Dumfriesshire, with a detailed description of those in Upper Annandale, and an introduction to the study of Scottish motes', Proc Soc Antiq Scot 25 (1890-91), 198-256
- 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
- St Joseph, J K (1952) 'Forts. From the Esk to Dalmakethar', in Miller, S N 1952 The Roman occupation of south-western Scotland. Maclehose: Glasgow