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Latitude: 54.6514 / 54°39'4"N
Longitude: -4.8818 / 4°52'54"W
OS Eastings: 214175
OS Northings: 532288
OS Grid: NX141322
Mapcode National: GBR GJBD.SPH
Mapcode Global: WH2TM.ZCG1
Entry Name: Mull of Galloway Farm,fort 400m NE of
Scheduled Date: 15 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4759
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 small fort of the Iron Age occupying a narrow promontory overlooking the small bay called Portlennie. The promontory has been defended by a rampart and external ditch, and beyond it to the S, a second ditch with external rampart. The inner rampart is 4.8m wide and 1.1m high; the inner ditch is 7m wide and 1.2m deep. The outer ditch is 7m wide and 0.5m deep; the outer bank is 4.8m wide and 0.4m high.
The defended area measures 12.3m N-S by a maximum of 10.3m transversely. The area to be scheduled includes the fort and an area around it in which traces of activity associated with its occupation may be found. It measures 70m N-S by 40m transversely, bounded by the small burn to the W, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a well-preserved example of a small promontory 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 records the monument as NX 13 SW 8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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