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Latitude: 56.0397 / 56°2'22"N
Longitude: -3.8923 / 3°53'32"W
OS Eastings: 282207
OS Northings: 684595
OS Grid: NS822845
Mapcode National: GBR 1F.RFJZ
Mapcode Global: WH4PM.5GT7
Entry Name: Doghillock, dun 700m N of
Scheduled Date: 12 May 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6929
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun
Location: Dunipace
County: Falkirk
Electoral Ward: Denny and Banknock
Traditional County: Stirlingshire
The monument comprises the remains of a dun or broch of later prehistoric date.
The monument lies in rough ground at around 100m OD. It is surrounded by the infilled remains of a former quarry, now partly back in agricultural use. The monument survives as a gorse-covered stony mound some 15-20m in diameter.
It comprises the remains of a massive stone structure, probably a broch or dun, and was identified as such during the 1980s when walling was visible. As such it forms an unexcavated counterpart to Tappoch broch, Tor Wood, 1km to the ENE.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the visible remains and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 50m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as an extremely rare example of an unexcavated lowland dun or broch. As such it is an invaluable resource for our understanding of the Later Iron Age and Roman period in southern Scotland.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NS 88 SW 49.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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