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Latitude: 55.3636 / 55°21'49"N
Longitude: -4.7512 / 4°45'4"W
OS Eastings: 225721
OS Northings: 611180
OS Grid: NS257111
Mapcode National: GBR 44.449P
Mapcode Global: WH2Q6.ZGP1
Entry Name: Balchriston Crossing,dun 320m E of
Scheduled Date: 14 October 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5785
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun
Location: Kirkoswald
County: South Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Girvan and South Carrick
Traditional County: Ayrshire
The monument comprises a later prehistoric dun which is situated on an elevated point of land between the junction of the Rancleugh Burn and a nameless burn. It is cut off from level ground to the E by a broad gully about 3.5m deep.
The dun is circular and measures about 15.5m in diameter over a stone wall spread to a thickness of up to 5.3m. The entrance lies on the NNE, and a bank of rubble on the S, NW and N may indicate the presence of a defensive outwork.
The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 70m from NW to SE by 50m transversely, to include the dun and an area around in which evidence associated with its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a relatively rare type, with well defined field characteristics, which has the potential to provide information about the nature and structure of later prehistoric society.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NS 21 SE 8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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