<< Our Photo Pages >> Kemp Law - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in East Ayrshire
Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 Page Views: 4777
Multi-periodSite Name: Kemp LawCountry: Scotland County: East Ayrshire Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Village: Dundonald
Map Ref: NS35583364
Latitude: 55.568611N Longitude: 4.609134W
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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marysiak visited on 9th May 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Largely overgrown and pilfered for stone in the past. In very pretty woodlands but may be endangered by local quarry, requires better protection.
This dun is situated on the steep-sided promontory that forms the ENE end of Kemp Law. It has been reduced to a massive mound of debris which stands within a larger walled enclosure measuring 25m ENE to WSW by 13.5m internally. The mound of debris which measures 17m from ENE to WSW by 10m transversely and stands up to 2.3m in height, contains considerable quantities of vitrifaction. The outer wall has been reduced to a band or rubble around the edges of the promontory, in places mixing up to 0.6m above the level of the interior; on the N the outer face survives to a height of 1.2m in four corners.
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