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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bogle Walls - Hillfort in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Wednesday, 16 November 2011  Page Views: 3776

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bogle Walls Alternative Name: Enzieholm; Enzieholm (Bogle Walls)
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.1 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Eskdalemuir  Nearest Village: Westerkirk / Bentpath
Map Ref: NY29249124
Latitude: 55.210314N  Longitude: 3.113527W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Anne T visited on 6th Apr 2015 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Bogle Walls Earthwork/Fort, Eskdalemuir: We spotted this earthwork as we drove back to Bentpath and Langholm on the way back from Bessie's Hill and stopped to take a closer look and take a few photographs. Sitting at the foot of Enzieholm Hill to its 'back' and a bend of the River Esk to its 'front' it is an emminently defensible position. Would have liked to take a closer look and walk up to the top of the bank but daylight was fading and we'd seen a lot of other sights that day and my brain was a little tired and overloaded by this stage! Next time - which I hope won't be too long.

Bogle Walls
Bogle Walls submitted by Anne T : A ditch appears to cut the mound into two parts. The RCAHMS records say this might be a quarry scoop but it looks part of the internal defences to my untrained eye. I look forward to going back and walking over the top of this earthwork to see more at our next visit to the area. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Dumfries and Galloway

Well-preserved defensive earthworks with V-shaped ditch and grass-covered bank. It used to be interpreted as a medieval feature, but the new reports point out it's similarities with prehistoric settlements in Scottish Borders - possibly it is an Iron Age fort re-used in medieval period.

For more information, see Canmore ID 67310 which describe this strongly-built settlement/fort as a "V-shaped ditch, 42' wide and up to 12' deep, with an inner rampart 7'-8' high and a slight mound on the counterscarp cuts off a triangular promontory 120' x 144', the other two sides having the natural defences of the steep slope to the bank of the Esk on the N, and to a glen on the W. Entrance was past the W end of the rampart. Along the NE side where the rampart has apparently returned for some 40', there is evidence of a 5' thick stone wall and there are further indications of walling above the glen. Two depressions on the point probably mark hut sites."
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Bogle Walls
Bogle Walls submitted by Anne T : Standing at the side of the B709 with the River Esk to my right hand side, looking back towards the cottage. This intriguing mound rises steeply up from the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bogle Walls
Bogle Walls submitted by durhamnature : Photo from "Report of Commission on Monuments..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NY2991 : B709 south-east of Bogle walls by Colin Pyle
by Colin Pyle
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NY2991 : Cattle on hillside near Enzieholm by Oliver Dixon
by Oliver Dixon
©2015(licence)
NY2991 : Pasture field by Walter Baxter
by Walter Baxter
©2007(licence)
NY2891 : Track to Road (B709) from Enzieholm by Peter Wood
by Peter Wood
©2014(licence)
NY2991 : Westerkirk Mains by Paul Chapman
by Paul Chapman
©2009(licence)

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