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Arran, Dippen
North Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1146
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1146 (1146)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- North Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Buteshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kilmory
- National Grid reference
- NS 0507 2240
- Latitude
- 55.45655
- Longitude
- -5.08443
- Altitude
- 30 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 0
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.14 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South west); Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- scrub or bracken and coastal grassland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1864); Other (1977); Other (2004); Other (2005); Other (2009)
Identifiers
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 4692
- National record
- record NS 02 SE 2; monument 40109
- Wikidata
- Q31095835
Sources
References
- McLellan, R (1970) Isle of Arran. (p 81)
- Cressey, M. & Badger, S. (2004) 'Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Kintyre & Isle of Arran', CFA Archaeology Ltd