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Heads of Ayr
South Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1234
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1234 (1234)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Maybole
- National Grid reference
- NS 2899 1859
- Latitude
- 55.43138
- Longitude
- -4.70425
- Altitude
- 75 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 3.5 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1983); Other (1985)
Identifiers
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 5506
- National record
- record NS 21 NE 17; monument 40929
- Wikidata
- Q31103461
Sources