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<< Image Pages >> Maxwelstone Camp - Hillfort in Scotland in South Ayrshire

Submitted by durhamnature on Tuesday, 30 October 2012  Page Views: 2264

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Maxwelstone Camp
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.7 km away from the location you searched for.

County: South Ayrshire Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: NX25959895
Latitude: 55.253917N  Longitude: 4.740017W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
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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
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Maxwelstone Camp submitted by durhamnature : 1888 plan and cross section drawings of the fort, via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in South Ayrshire
An oval fort, possibly unfinished, consisting of two earthen ramparts, which are presumably contemporary although not concentric, with external quarry ditches. The interior measures 87 by 62m and there are entrances on the west and ENE respectively.

The defences can be traced round the summit of the hill except on the steep NW side, where the abrupt and well defined terminals of the ditches suggest that they have not continued round this side.
The ramparts are still well defined on the east where they measure 7.3m in maximum width, 1m externally and 0.3m internally in maximum height. Elsewhere they exist only as crest lines. Both ramparts and ditches have an unfinished look, the ditch being perfunctory in some places as though it were simply a marking-out trench. There is a staggered causewayed entrance on the east with the break in the inner rampart 7m wide and the outer 5m.

Text updated and adapted from Canmore.
Canmore ID 62566
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NX2598 : Maxwellston Hill trig point by Mary and Angus Hogg
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NX2598 : Trig Point on Maxwellston Hill by Mary and Angus Hogg
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NX2598 : Maxwellston Hill View by Mary and Angus Hogg
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NX2698 : Old fortifications on Maxwellston Hill by Mary and Angus Hogg
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NX2698 : Fortifications on Maxwellston Hill by Mary and Angus Hogg
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