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Latitude: 54.6454 / 54°38'43"N
Longitude: -4.9247 / 4°55'29"W
OS Eastings: 211381
OS Northings: 531740
OS Grid: NX113317
Mapcode National: GBR GJ6F.JXN
Mapcode Global: WH2TM.BH4M
Entry Name: Cardryne,fort 800m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 15 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4758
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Kirkmaiden
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is a fort of the Iron Age situated on a narrow
promontory formed by coastal cliffs to the W and S and a stream gully
to the E. The gently sloping promontory has been defended by a bank,
5m wide and 1.5m high, and an external ditch, 7m wide and 1.5m deep.
The defended area measures 34m N-S by a maximum of 8m transversely.
The fort is bisected by a modern fence and the ditch is partly
filled, in its E sector, by an old drystone dyke which also forms
part of the E limit of the defended area. The area to be scheduled includes the defences, the defended area, and an area around them in which traces of activity associated with the occupation of the site
may be found. The area measures a maximum of 60m N-S by 30m transversely, bounded by the cliff edge to the W and S, as marked in
red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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