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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Harpercroft Hillfort Alternative Name: Harpercroft Oppidum, Harpercroft DunCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.665 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Ayrshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Troon Nearest Village: Dundonald
Map Ref: NS36003252
Latitude: 55.558699N Longitude: 4.601816W
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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
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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 |
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Hillfort in South Ayrshire
Harpercroft HillFort occupies the 2nd highest summit of the Dundonald range in Ayrshire.
At 6.5ha, the Hillfort may have been a minor Oppidum, occupying the entire summit plateau it measures about 320m E-W x 260m.
It is located 144m above sea level on a level, subsidiary peak of Wardlaw Hill.
In 1893 "D. Christison" documented an Inner Ring Wall with an approx diameter of 100m, with an Outer Defensive Wall encircling this at a distance of 100m. The ruinous stone wall was 5m~6m thick.
Defensively the Outer Wall utilizes the steep natural scarps around the N and W, but around the South a Stony Rampart with an outer scarp up to 1.5m high survived. The circuits of both ramparts are now heavily denuded and contains several large gaps.
An OS report in 1954 noted the the Earthwork Ramparts were similar in character to ones found 250m to the North on Wardlaw Hillfort. There is every reason to suppose that the two were contemporary. Possibly starting of on the smaller Hillfort, and as the tribe grew in size the need for a larger settlement may have seen some branch off to the peak of the next hill.
Finds by "E. Halpin" in 1985 included some Pottery, fragments of at least three Shale Bracelets and several pieces of unworked Shale.
For more information : Canmore ID 41986
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