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Douglas Farm
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1116
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1116 (1116)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Historic county
- Dumfriesshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Gretna
- National Grid reference
- NY 3031 6889
- Latitude
- 55.00969
- Longitude
- -3.09125
- Altitude
- 30 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
- 0.18 ha
- Footprint
- 0.44 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1744); Other (1794); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1857); Other (1912); Other (1970); Other (1973); Other (1980); Other (2007)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 11994
- HER
- Dumfries & Galloway MDG7759
- National record
- record NY 36 NW 18; monument 67433
- Wikidata
- Q31061157
Sources
References
- Macfarlane, W (1906-8) Geographical collections relating to Scotland. (Mitchell, A and Clark, J T (eds) 3v Edinburgh
- 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
- Statistical Account (1791-9) The statistical account of Scotland, drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. Sinclair, J (ed). Edinburgh