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Oldlord

Fife, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3137

Location

Atlas number
SC3137 (3137)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Fife
Historic county
Fife
Parish, community, or townland
Ceres
National Grid reference
NO 3898 0935
Latitude
56.27274
Longitude
-2.98693
Altitude
188 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 3, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.65 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
palisade
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East); Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (2005)

Identifiers

HER
Fife Council
National record
record NO 30 NE 44; monument 276255
Wikidata
Q31085738

Sources