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Kildoon Hill
South Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1231
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1231 (1231)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Maybole
- National Grid reference
- NS 2986 0738
- Latitude
- 55.33098
- Longitude
- -4.68373
- Altitude
- 170 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 1, SW 3, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.07 ha
- Footprint
- 0.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, rubble, and vitrification
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1857); Other (1895); Other (1942); Other (1953); Other (1961); Other (1967); Other (1977); Other (1982); Other (1983)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 2176
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 5407
- National record
- record NS 20 NE 6; monument 40829
- Wikidata
- Q31103516
Sources
References
- Childe and Graham, V G and A (1943) 'Some notable prehistoric and medieval monuments recently examined by The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot 77 (1943), 31-49
- Christison, D (1893) 'The Prehistoric Forts of Ayrshire'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 27 (1892-93), 381-405.
- Feachem, R (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London (p 109-10)
- Smith, J (1895) Prehistoric Man in Ayrshire. London.