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Robgill

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1025

Location

Atlas number
SC1025 (1025)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Dornock
National Grid reference
NY 2472 7170
Latitude
55.03412
Longitude
-3.17938
Altitude
60 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 0, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1913); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1967); Other (1973); Other (2008)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
12157
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG7470
National record
record NY 27 SW 11; monument 67140
Wikidata
Q31060843

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