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Craigieburn

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3214

Location

Atlas number
SC3214 (3214)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Historic county
Dumfriesshire
Parish, community, or townland
Moffat
National Grid reference
NT 1160 0515
Latitude
55.33246
Longitude
-3.39505
Altitude
135 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.31 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
parkland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1857); Other (1890); Other (1912); Other (1971); Earthwork Survey (1990); Other (2010)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
12694
HER
Dumfries & Galloway MDG402
National record
record NT 10 NW 6; monument 49727
Wikidata
Q31061433

Sources

References

  1. Christison, D (1891) 'A general view of the forts, camps, and motes of Dumfriesshire, with a detailed description of those in Upper Annandale, and an introduction to the study of Scottish motes', Proc Soc Antiq Scot 25 (1890-91), 198-256
  2. RCAHMS (1920) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Seventh report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Dumfries. HMSO: Edinburgh
  3. RCAHMS (1997) Eastern Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape. HMSO: Edinburgh