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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Seamill FortCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.406 km away from the location you searched for.
County: North Ayrshire Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Map Ref: NS20314715
Latitude: 55.684460N Longitude: 4.859804W
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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Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in North Ayrshire
Canmore Site 40997
The 'fort' at Seamill occupies a tongue of land projecting from the end of the south bank of the ravine of Kilbride Burn, similar to a number of other structures along the Ayrshire coast.
Christison, in 1893, notes only a massive rampart, 2.4m above the interior, cutting off the narrow neck by which it is approached. An excavation in 1880, found ramparts following the oval summit of the mound, enclosing an area measuring 27m by 18m. On the seaward side, there were two walls, an outer and an inner, about 1.5m or 1.8m thick, and only a few meters apart, which united into one at the north-west apex. On the north side the bank was very steep, and hardly any remains of a wall were seen.
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