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Latitude: 55.796 / 55°47'45"N
Longitude: -4.5345 / 4°32'4"W
OS Eastings: 241207
OS Northings: 658759
OS Grid: NS412587
Mapcode National: GBR 3F.7VMX
Mapcode Global: WH3PB.9LY3
Entry Name: Walls Hill,fort
Scheduled Date: 22 August 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5213
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Lochwinnoch
County: Renfrewshire
Electoral Ward: Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch
Traditional County: Renfrewshire
The fort sits on the summit of a steep-sided plateau, 470m x 200m. An earthen rampart is visible on the north and west sides. There are no visible internal structures, but the presence of circular houses below ground was recorded during excavations in 1956. The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 700m N-S x 400m E-W to include the
fort and the lower terraces of the plateau where both structural features and environmental information associated with the fort are likely to survive, as delineated in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as one of the largest hillforts in Scotland, one of the few so-called minor oppida (minor towns). As such it has an exceptional capacity to enhance our understanding of Iron Age settlement and society both Scotland in general and the south-west in particular.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is RCAHMS number NS 45 NW 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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