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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Barochan Hillfort Alternative Name: Houstoun Hillfort; Barochan Cross HillfortCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.805 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Renfrewshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Erskine Nearest Village: Houston
Map Ref: NS40566902
Latitude: 55.887845N Longitude: 4.55088W
Condition:
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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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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 |
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Hillfort in Renfrewshire
Barochan HillFort is located on the summit of a small knoll in the Renfrewshire Hills.
Situated 65m above sea level, it had an approximate size of 80m x 22m.
First spotted in 1951, where it was noted by OS that the top of this hill had been subjected to artificial steepening and gave the impression of a ditch which was now filled-in, along with a now-levelled bank running around the side of the hill a short distance from the summit.
Aerial photograph revealed it to be a 'Triple Ditched Fort' (Which is now divided into four separate fields by a wall running through it)
Surround by small hillocks and flat pasture lands, this is a peaceful spot. In the late nineteenth century a local farmer moved the Barochan Cross from it's original position on the North side of Barochan Burn, to the top of this hill on the South side. Little did he know he was positioning the Celtic Cross on such an ancient site.
For More information Canmore ID 43114.
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