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Arran, North Sannox, Torr An T' Sean Chaisteil
North Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1150
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1150 (1150)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- North Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Buteshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kilbride
- National Grid reference
- NS 0018 4738
- Latitude
- 55.67870
- Longitude
- -5.17971
- Altitude
- 195 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 2, SW 1, NW 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.08 ha
- Footprint
- 0.25 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
- Also recorded
- annex
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1864); Other (1910); Other (1953); Other (1977)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 412
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 4802
- National record
- record NS 04 NW 7; monument 40220
- Wikidata
- Q31095964
Sources
References
- Balfour, J A (ed.) (1910) The book of Arran, vol.1. Glasgow