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Multi-periodSite Name: Shanter KnoweCountry: Scotland
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County: South Ayrshire Type: Artificial Mound
Map Ref: NS21890738
Latitude: 55.328126N Longitude: 4.809155W
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 |
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Shanter Knowe is a grass-covered mound of unknown origin, possibly a motte, placed on sloping ground, its height varying from 4 to 6m. Its flat top is 9m by 8m in diameter and the base is roughly 25m in diameter. There is no evidence of its ever having been enclosed by a ditch.
It was excavated in 1894 by the Marquis of Ailsa. Dark, loamy soil was found about 1.80m down below sand and pebbles, and it was only at this depth that relics were found. These were animal bones, teeth, a flint scraper, flint cores and flakes (in NMAS), a bronze pin, a lead whorl, part of an iron chain, some wheel-turned, partly glazed pottery and shells.
The RCAHMS consider that the finds doubtless represent an earlier occupation of the site. After the excavation, the soil was replaced and the mound restored to its former state.
More information can be found on Canmore ID 40852, which says this is probably a motte of medieval date.
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