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East Galdenoch, fort 450m SSW of

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8566 / 54°51'23"N

Longitude: -4.9579 / 4°57'28"W

OS Eastings: 210230

OS Northings: 555319

OS Grid: NX102553

Mapcode National: GBR GH4W.1QR

Mapcode Global: WH2SM.T686

Entry Name: East Galdenoch, fort 450m SSW of

Scheduled Date: 13 December 2000

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM7411

Schedule Class: Cultural

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

Location: Stoneykirk

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

The monument comprises a fort of later prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.

The monument lies in arable farmland at around 15m OD. The fort is sub-circular, measuring about 70m in maximum internal diameter. Its defences consist of two ditches about 2-4m wide and between 2m and 8m apart. There are entrances on the SW and ESE. At the time of construction, the ditches would have been accompanied by substantial ramparts. Within the interior, close to the entrance, there is a narrow circular cropmark, measuring about 15m in overall diameter, which represents the remains of a timber roundhouse.

The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is circular with a diameter of 110m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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