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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ring Hill Alternative Name: North BalfernCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.0 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Wigtown Nearest Village: Whauphill
Map Ref: NX43725095 Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.828933N Longitude: 4.434436W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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This small but distinctive hillfort overlooks Wigtown Bay and sits atop a small hill at NX 4372 5095. To view it take the small lane that runs off the B7004 to Garlieston. The map indicates that a “Cup & Ring Marked Rock” can be found nearby - we failed to find this but it was raining and we didn’t get out of the car!
For more information see Canmore ID 63414 which describes the fort deteriorating significantly between 1911 and 1953. The fort has only since been photographed from the air and these images can be seen on the Canmore record.
There are two cup and ring marked rocks nearby, one at NX 4337 5098 (recorded as Canmore ID 63418), the other recorded only at NX 434 509 and described as turf covered and 'lost although a scan of a rubbing of this stone is given on Canmore ID 63418.
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