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Monkton Windmill
South Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4230
Location
- Atlas number
- SC4230 (4230)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Ayrshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Monkton And Prestwick
- National Grid reference
- NS 3618 2805
- Latitude
- 55.51872
- Longitude
- -4.59631
- Altitude
- 38 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- 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
- 0.45 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (2010)
Identifiers
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 66599
- National record
- record NS 32 NE 125; monument 311344
- Wikidata
- Q31103518
Sources