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Latitude: 55.4106 / 55°24'38"N
Longitude: -4.7342 / 4°44'3"W
OS Eastings: 227002
OS Northings: 616362
OS Grid: NS270163
Mapcode National: GBR 45.186M
Mapcode Global: WH2Q1.78VJ
Entry Name: Dunduff,fort 600 m NE of
Scheduled Date: 26 January 1989
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4602
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Maybole
County: South Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton
Traditional County: Ayrshire
The monument is a fort of the Iron Age. It lies on a low knoll. It measures 43m x 28m internally. The only visible defences are on the SW, where there are twin ramparts with a medial flat bottomed ditch up to 9.2m broad. The interior shows no signs of disturbance. An area measuring 90m (NE-SW) x 90m (NW-SE) is proposed for scheduling, to take in the whole knoll.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is well preserved, by the standards of such sites on the SW coast. Considerable information of great value may survive in the undisturbed interior. This fort is one of very few surviving sites of the period in the area. It is of national importance to the theme of Iron Age settlement, economy and defence.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is RCAHMS number NS 21 NE 6.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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