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Newhall Hill (SE)

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1038

Location

Atlas number
SC1038 (1038)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Tundergarth
National Grid reference
NY 2388 8368
Latitude
55.14164
Longitude
-3.19572
Altitude
255 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
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
0.32 ha
Footprint
0.56 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and palisade
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
southeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1857); Other (1912); Other (1970); Earthwork Survey (1971); Other (1977); Other (1979); Other (1993)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
3963
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG7555
National record
record NY 28 SW 6; monument 67226
Wikidata
Q31060958

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
  3. RCAHMS (1997) Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Eastern Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape. HMSO: Edinburgh