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Fort Cottage,fort 1360m WSW of

A Scheduled Monument in Stranraer and the Rhins, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8445 / 54°50'40"N

Longitude: -5.1252 / 5°7'30"W

OS Eastings: 199440

OS Northings: 554439

OS Grid: NW994544

Mapcode National: GBR FHQX.354

Mapcode Global: WH1RF.7HPH

Entry Name: Fort Cottage,fort 1360m WSW of

Scheduled Date: 21 October 1991

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM5128

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)

Location: Portpatrick

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

The monument is a fort of the Iron Age occupying a coastal promontory to the N of Portpatrick. It measures 26m NE-SW by 23m transversely within defences consisting of a ditch with internal and external banks. The ditch is 5m wide and 1.3m deep; the inner bank survives to a height of 0.3m. The outer bank survives to 3.5m wide and 0.6m high. To the NE the private road leading to the RAE mast has damaged the outer defences. The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 45m NE-SW by 40m transversely, bounded by the road to the NE, as marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance because it is a well-preserved example of a fort of the Iron Age which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement in the area.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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RCAHMS record the monument as NW95SE 6

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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