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Caspin,fort 690m NNW of West Balscalloch

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0137 / 55°0'49"N

Longitude: -5.1214 / 5°7'17"W

OS Eastings: 200520

OS Northings: 573249

OS Grid: NX005732

Mapcode National: GBR FHQG.BVX

Mapcode Global: WH1QN.97GS

Entry Name: Caspin,fort 690m NNW of West Balscalloch

Scheduled Date: 10 November 1953

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1936

Schedule Class: Cultural

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

Location: Kirkcolm

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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