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The Knock
North Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1286
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1286 (1286)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- North Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Largs
- National Grid reference
- NS 2028 6286
- Latitude
- 55.82547
- Longitude
- -4.87068
- Altitude
- 205 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 1, SW 2, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.09 ha
- Footprint
- 0.25 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble, vitrification, and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1855); Other (1891); Other (1895); Other (1942); Other (1952); Other (1956); Other (1961); Other (1964); Other (1983); Excavation (2016)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 2178
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 5864
- National record
- record NS 26 SW 2; monument 41289
- Wikidata
- Q31096015
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 110)
- Smith, J (1895) Prehistoric man in Ayrshire. London