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Dowan's Hill
South Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1291
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1291 (1291)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kirkmichael
- National Grid reference
- NS 3477 1248
- Latitude
- 55.37844
- Longitude
- -4.60943
- Altitude
- 135 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.11 ha
- Footprint
- 0.34 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- curvilinear platforms and quarry hollows
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856); Earthwork Survey (1891); Other (1895); Other (1953); Other (1955); Other (1968); Other (1969); Other (1980); Other (1982)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 2886
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 6238
- National record
- record NS 31 SW 5; monument 41667
- Wikidata
- Q31103644
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 110)
- Smith, J (1895) Prehistoric man in Ayrshire. London