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Latitude: 55.2954 / 55°17'43"N
Longitude: -3.2239 / 3°13'26"W
OS Eastings: 322380
OS Northings: 600821
OS Grid: NT223008
Mapcode National: GBR 57X6.TK
Mapcode Global: WH6WW.G50B
Entry Name: Rough Castle Hill, earthworks 525m W of Garwald
Scheduled Date: 17 March 1976
Last Amended: 5 November 2003
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM3827
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Eskdalemuir
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
This monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NT20SW 3.
References:
Jackson A M 1978, FORESTRY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. A STUDY IN SURVIVAL OF FIELD MONUMENTS IN SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND, Hertford, 50.
Jobey G 1971a, ?Early settlements in eastern Dumfriesshire? TRANS DUMFRIESSHIRE GALLOWAY NATUR HIST ANTIQ SOC, 3rd series, 48, 96, 99.
RCAHMS 1920, SEVENTH REPORT WITH INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE COUNTY OF DUMFRIES, Edinburgh, HMSO, 74, No. 180.
RCAHMS 1980d, THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS OF UPPER ESKDALE, ANNANDALE AND ESKDALE DISTRICT, DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY REGION, The Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Scotland Series No. 12, Edinburgh, 13, No. 54.
RCAHMS 1997a, EASTERN DUMFRIESSHIRE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE, Edinburgh, 149, 300, No. 747.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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