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Hallowshean
South Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1232
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1232 (1232)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kirkoswald
- National Grid reference
- NS 2440 0612
- Latitude
- 55.31776
- Longitude
- -4.76891
- Altitude
- 165 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 3, SE 3, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.3 ha
- Footprint
- 0.57 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East)
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 (1891); Earthwork Survey (1893); Other (1953); Other (1962); Other (1967); Other (1977); Other (1982); Other (1983)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 2194
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 5431
- National record
- record NS 20 NW 4; monument 40853
- Wikidata
- Q31103522
Sources
References
- 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)
- Smith, J (1895) Prehistoric Man in Ayrshire. London.