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Newland Hill

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1031

Location

Atlas number
SC1031 (1031)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Tundergarth
National Grid reference
NY 2487 8637
Latitude
55.16595
Longitude
-3.18091
Altitude
305 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
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.24 ha
Footprint
0.55 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east); Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1857); Other (1912); Earthwork Survey (1969); Other (1972); Other (1977); Other (1978)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
3964
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG7510
National record
record NY 28 NW 6; monument 67181
Wikidata
Q31060868

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