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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: The DoonsCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Dumfries Nearest Village: Shawhead
Map Ref: NX86987699
Latitude: 55.074458N Longitude: 3.771666W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Hillfort in Dumfries and Galloway
The Doons is a Bronze Age univallate hillfort situated on Doon hill to the north of Shawhead. it is within the grounds of the Barnsoul campsite and can be seen easily fron the road out of Shawhead.
Canmore ID 65014 which says: "The fort on the summit of Doon Hill, measures 190' N-S by 214' within a steeply scarped bank, above which there seems to have been a stony rampart, now supplanted by a stone wall. The scarp is well-defined all round, except to the S, where it is only c. 1' high; passing round to the W, it rises to 7' or 8' in height, maintaining this height to the E end. In the interior rises from within the rampart to a central area 7'-8' higher."
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