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Falkirk, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3693

Location

Atlas number
SC3693 (3693)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Falkirk
Historic county
West Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Bo'Ness And Carriden
National Grid reference
NT 0351 8059
Latitude
56.00855
Longitude
-3.54908
Altitude
25 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.28 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1974); Other (1978); Other (1980)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
4145
HER
Falkirk Community Trust, Falkirk Sites and Monuments Record 392
National record
record NT 08 SW 23; monument 49536
Wikidata
Q31108957

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