<< Our Photo Pages >> Crammag Head - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Crammag HeadCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 22.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Drummore
Map Ref: NX08913404
Latitude: 54.665106N Longitude: 4.964493W
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 7th Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The modern beacon on the fort makes it difficult to see the ancient aspects of the fort. The inner and outer ramparts are the most visible ancient remains.
According to Canmore ID 299531 the beacon measures c. 6m high. It is seated in a square concrete platform measuring c. 32 feet long. This has been built on a dun or broch, described in Canmore ID 60437 as having a c. 60 feet diameter. Only a line of blocks, measuring up to c. 2 feet high by 3 feet wide, remain on the W Arc of the mound. There is also a single course of stones on the NW boundary of the enclosure, probably remains of ancient outworks. The W half of the enclosure is rocky and featureless except for a modern octagonal concrete base measuring c. 10 feet across in the SW corner. The entrance to the enclosure is in the E Arc, a narrow neck of land c. 6 feet wide. There is a natural hollow N of the entrance and a hollow to the S which is probably man-made. Crammag Head Promontory Fort has the natural protection of steep slopes on the N, S and W flanks. The E flank has the remains of a rampart c. 10 yards outside the fort, measuring c. 2.5 feet high and 9 feet wide. This appears to extend to the N flank which has traces of a low bank c. 1 foot high and 6 feet wide. Further out, there is a significant rampart and ditch running from the E to the S of the fort. It is c. 100 yards from the fort in the S Arc and 200 yards distant in the E Arc. The outer rampart is up to c. 4 feet high and 7 feet wide. The ditch is 0.5 feet deep and 5 feet wide.
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