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Lesmahagow, Black Hill

South Lanarkshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1576

Location

Atlas number
SC1576 (1576)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
South Lanarkshire
Historic county
Lanarkshire
Parish, community, or townland
Lesmahagow
National Grid reference
NS 8318 4350
Latitude
55.67094
Longitude
-3.85899
Altitude
290 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
1.22 ha
Footprint
1.44 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1955); Earthwork Survey (1959); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1966); Other (1969)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
2882
HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 10294
National record
record NS 84 SW 2; monument 46670
Wikidata
Q31104286

Sources

References

  1. RCAHMS (1978) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Lanarkshire: an inventory of the prehistoric and Roman monuments. HMSO: Edinburgh