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Gallow Hill, Bridge of Allan
Stirling, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1496
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1496 (1496)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Stirling
- Historic county
- Perthshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Dunblane And Lecropt
- National Grid reference
- NS 7825 9845
- Latitude
- 56.16317
- Longitude
- -3.96210
- Altitude
- 80 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
- 0.15 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and parkland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- lithics
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1783); Other (1863); Other (1937); Other (1953); Other (1957); Other (1964); Other (1978); Other (1996)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 6478
- HER
- Stirling 751
- National record
- record NS 79 NE 10; monument 45987
- Wikidata
- Q31109762
Sources
References
- Stirling, M (1958) 'An upper quernstone from Perthshire, near Bridge of Allan', Proc Soc Antiq Scot 91 (1957-8), 187-8