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Multi-periodSite Name: Dinvin Earthworks
Country: Scotland County: South Ayrshire Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Girvan
Map Ref: NX2002993173
Latitude: 55.199944N  Longitude: 4.829367W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
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
 4

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Dinvin Earthworks
Dinvin Earthworks submitted by Meglett : Site in South Ayrshire Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)
Motte in South Ayrshire

Approx. three miles inland from Girvan on A714 and visible as a strange hump from the road. No real path but access is an easy climb uphill (avoiding livestock if present), and round to far side to cross to top section. The ramparts are steep, up to 15 ft in places.

This is one of the best preserved hillforts in Scotland, and well worth a visit.

Update June 2017: Further information can be found on Canmore site 62643 which describes this as a motte of medieval date, which: "occupies a commanding position on a hilltop 600m SE of Pinmacher and stands to a height of up to 7.5m within double ditches and external banks; a causeway spans the inner ditch on the ESE ... for many years the scale of the defences led scholars to believe that the site was of iron-age date, and such a view was reinforced by the very name Divin, with the Celtic element dun suggesting a fortified site."
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Dinvin Earthworks
Dinvin Earthworks submitted by Meglett : Site in South Ayrshire Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinvin Earthworks
Dinvin Earthworks submitted by Meglett (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinvin Earthworks
Dinvin Earthworks submitted by Meglett : Site in South Ayrshire Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Dinvin Earthworks by Anne T on Wednesday, 28 June 2017
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Just to note that Canmore say this is a medieval motte (see link to Canmore 62643 above). The record includes an extract from a Publication account from 1985 which says: "The motte at Dinvin is the most striking and best preserved medieval earthwork in southern Scotland. It is built on a massive scale and far surpasses the other mottes to be found nearby. The outer defences consist of two large U-shaped ditches accompanied by external banks, the crests of which are up to 4m above the bottoms of the ditches. At the centre, and making maximum use of the slope of the hill, the oval mound rises to a height of 4m above the bottom of the inner ditch and measures 28m by 19m. Instead of the more usual flying bridge, the motte was entered via a ramp from the east, approached by a causeway which leads somewhat obliquely through the ditches and banks. For such a massively defended site, the internal area is comparatively small and it is disappointing that the motte is not accompanied by any trace of a bailey. For many years the scale of the defences led scholars to believe that the site was of iron-age date, and such a view was reinforced by the very name Dinvin, with the Celtic element dun suggesting a fortified site."
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