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Castle Hill, Gotter Linn

Inverclyde, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1335

Location

Atlas number
SC1335 (1335)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Inverclyde
Historic county
Renfrewshire
Parish, community, or townland
Kilmacolm
National Grid reference
NS 3458 6603
Latitude
55.85907
Longitude
-4.64451
Altitude
120 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.24 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1954); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1955); Other (1964)

Identifiers

HER
Inverclyde Council (No accessible HER) 1C/003
National record
record NS 36 NW 9; monument 42299
Wikidata
Q31097809

Sources