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Craigie

South Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1364

Location

Atlas number
SC1364 (1364)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
South Ayrshire
Historic county
Ayrshire
Parish, community, or townland
Craigie
National Grid reference
NS 4280 3254
Latitude
55.56116
Longitude
-4.49418
Altitude
150 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
0.34 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1954); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1982); Other (1983); Other (1985); Other (1990)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
4920
HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 7426
National record
record NS 43 SW 6; monument 42871
Wikidata
Q31103793

Sources