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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Tor of CraigochCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Leswalt
Map Ref: NX00856464 Landranger Map Number: 82
Latitude: 54.936568N Longitude: 5.110304W
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| 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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 3 | Ordinary |
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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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drolaf visited on 30th Mar 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 amazing views from the top-of Ireland, the Rhinns, Loch Ryan, Ailsa Craig, the hills inland, Arran and Kintyre. A visit to the Rhinns really emphasises that the water linked all these lands as one.
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From Stranraer, go through the centre of Leswalt village and up Kirkland Hill. The Tor of Craigoch is topped with the castellated Agnew Monument, built in 1850 in memory of Sir Andrew Agnew. As you follow the stepped footpath up to the monument, you cross the collapsed walls of the Iron Age hillfort, now visible as a spread of stones hidden among the gorse bushes.The views from the top of the hill, out along Loch Ryan to Ailsa Craig and Arran are spectacular.
For more information about the hillfort see Canmore ID 60830 and for the Sir Andrew Agnew Monument at NX 00843 64649 see Canmore ID 298303
Sir Andrew Agnew lived between 1793 and 1849 and was the 7th Baronet of Lochnaw.
The Canmore record for the fort holds field notes from 1953. A more recent visit in 1984 recorded: "This fort is situated on a small steep-sided hill known as the Tor of Craigoch, about 1km NW of Leswalt. The interior measures about 50m from NE to SW by 38m transversely, but the defences are almost totally obscured by dense thickets of gorse, brambles and rhodedendrons. Traces of two ramparts reduced to stony scarps about 0.6m in maximum height are visible on the S and NE and earlier reports (RCAHMS Survey of Marginal Lands; OS Field Report) record two additional ramparts on the SW. The inner of the two outer ramparts extends round the E, but the portion of it visible on the NE appears to be a natural terrace. The position of the entrance is uncertain, although a gap in the defences has been noted on the NE."
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