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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: HowmoorCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.584 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Maybole
Map Ref: NS2770711809
Latitude: 55.369952N Longitude: 4.720303W
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 |
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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 |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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markj99 visited on 24th Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The most prominent aspects of Howmoor Dun are the natural mound and the ditch and rampart defence on the W Arc.
Howmoor Dun is built on a natural mound c. 2 miles NW of Maybole. The dun has an oval summit plateau measuring c. 30 yards E-W & 25 yards N-S. It rises c. 20 feet above the surrounding land. It is covered in rough grass over an uneven surface. There is an intermittent earth rampart c. 2 feet high round the perimeter of the plateau. The only substantial stone on the summit is in a trench on the SW Arc of the plateau. Canmore ID 40952 attributes this to stone-robbing. In the centre of the dun there is a circular hollow c. 20 feet in diameter and 1.5 feet deep. The dun is well protected with steep flanks on all sides. On the W flank there is an additional ditch and rampart defensive system.
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