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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Duncarnock Hillfort Alternative Name: Dun Carnock, Craig Of CarnockCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.665 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Renfrewshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Barrhead Nearest Village: Neilston
Map Ref: NS50105590
Latitude: 55.773130N Longitude: 4.391256W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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Hillfort in Renfrewshire
Duncarnock Hillfort is located on top of a steep sided Volcanic Plug, which rises abruptly from the shore of Glanderston Dam in the Renfrewshire Hills.
Situated 200m above sea level, it has an irregular polygon shape to it, with an approx NE~SW alignment. The summit consists of a broad ridge at the North end, where a rocky knoll rises rather suddenly to a height of 204m. With an overall size of 1.6ha, the Fort dimensions are 190m x 100m, while the summit of the knoll is about 33m x 25m.
The Fort comprised a wall, originally between 3m~4m thick, with a partial inner defence built around the knoll, along with wide terrace fronts the entire length of the Southern Rampart. Traces of rig-and-furrow cultivation are also visible, while roughly in the centre of the Fort there are the footings of a small rectangular building, with a second overlying the Fort wall on the SE. Most of these walls are now a Heather-grown spread of rubble.
In 1958 "F.Newall" found a piece of pre-Roman pottery and a fragment of worked Shale near the NE corner of the Fort.
For more information : Canmore ID 43882
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