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Carterton

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1026

Location

Atlas number
SC1026 (1026)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Hutton And Corrie
National Grid reference
NY 2033 8956
Latitude
55.19389
Longitude
-3.25306
Altitude
170 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.14 ha
Footprint
0.64 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and rubble
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope and spur
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1857); Other (1912); Other (1963); Earthwork Survey (1968); Other (1972); Other (1978)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
2331
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG7495
National record
record NY 28 NW 1; monument 67166
Wikidata
Q31060858

Sources

References

  1. Jobey, G (1971) 'Early settlements in eastern Dumfriesshire'. Trans Dumfriesshire Galloway Natur Hist Antiq Soc, 3 Ser, 48 (1971), 78-105
  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