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Arran, Cnoc Ballygowan
North Ayrshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4276
Location
- Atlas number
- SC4276 (4276)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- North Ayrshire
- Historic county
- Buteshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kilmory
- National Grid reference
- NR 9202 2911
- Latitude
- 55.51140
- Longitude
- -5.29533
- Altitude
- 226 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
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 3.3 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and unfinished work
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- after AD 800 and undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1953); Earthwork Survey (1957); Other (1977); Other (2009)
Identifiers
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 4206
- National record
- record NR 92 NW 1; monument 39617
- Wikidata
- Q31095942
Sources