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Dalmakethar

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1015

Location

Atlas number
SC1015 (1015)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Applegarth
National Grid reference
NY 1170 9145
Latitude
55.20940
Longitude
-3.38917
Altitude
120 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 1, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.28 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
commercial forestry

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1857); Other (1890); Other (1912); Other (1972); Other (1990)

Identifiers

HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG7341
National record
record NY 19 SW 4; monument 66968
Wikidata
Q31060446

Sources

References

  1. 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
  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