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West Kilbride, Seamill
North Ayrshire, Scotland · Atlas SC1237
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1237 (1237)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- North Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- West Kilbride
- National Grid reference
- NS 2031 4715
- Latitude
- 55.68450
- Longitude
- -4.85986
- Altitude
- 15 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 0, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.03 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Enclosing works, excavated
- stone wall
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- AD 50–400
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- C - Low
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- metal
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1837); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1858); Excavation (1880); Other (1893); Other (1895); Other (1952); Other (1956); Other (1964); Other (1982); Excavation (2010)
Identifiers
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 5574
- National record
- record NS 24 NW 10; monument 40997
- Wikidata
- Q31095864
Sources
References
- Christison, D (1893) 'The Prehistoric Forts of Ayrshire'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 27 (1892-93), 381-405.
- Munro, R (1882e) 'Notice of excavations made on an ancient "fort" at Seamill, Ayrshire', Archaeol Hist Collect Ayr Wigton 3 (1882), 59-65
- NSA (1834-1845) The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy, 15v Edinburgh
- Smith, J (1895) Prehistoric Man in Ayrshire. London.
- Turner, L (2010g) '56a Ardrossan Road, Seamill, North Ayrshire (West Kilbride parish), watching brief', Discovery Excav Scot, New ser, 11 (2010), 118