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Carwinning Hill
North Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1243
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1243 (1243)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- North Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Dalry
- National Grid reference
- NS 2871 5286
- Latitude
- 55.73879
- Longitude
- -4.72999
- Altitude
- 182 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 0, SW 2, NW 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.38 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Enclosing works, excavated
- stone wall and palisade
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and spur
- Aspect
- level
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior excavation
- roundhouses
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1836); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856); Earthwork Survey (1891); Other (1895); Other (1942); Other (1952); Other (1956); Other (1964); Excavation (1977); Excavation (1978); Other (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 5778
- National record
- record NS 25 SE 6; monument 41203
- Wikidata
- Q31095874
Sources
References
- Christison, D (1893) 'The Prehistoric Forts of Ayrshire'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 27 (1892-93), 381-405.
- Cowie, T (1977) 'Dalry, Carwinning Hill', Disc Exc Scot 1977, 8
- Cowie, T (1978) 'Carwinning Hill, hillfort, cairn, structural remains', Disc Exc Scot 1978, 28
- Feachem, R (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford; London (p 110)
- 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