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Gallamuir

Stirling, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1583

Location

Atlas number
SC1583 (1583)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Stirling
Historic county
Stirlingshire
Parish, community, or townland
St Ninians
National Grid reference
NS 8453 8774
Latitude
56.06856
Longitude
-3.85640
Altitude
35 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.3 ha
Footprint
0.75 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
lowland
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1951); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1974); Other (1999); Other (2005)

Identifiers

HER
Stirling 1103
National record
record NS 88 NW 3; monument 46889
Wikidata
Q31109704

Sources

References

  1. RCAHMS (1963) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Stirlingshire: an inventory of the ancient monuments, 2v. HMSO: Edinburgh