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<< Other Photo Pages >> Archwood Hill - Hillfort in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 05 June 2014  Page Views: 2961

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Archwood Hill
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 7.3 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: NY0911488380
Latitude: 55.181326N  Longitude: 3.428786W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
5

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Archwood Hill
Archwood Hill submitted by dodomad : View from Archwood Hill fort across the Lochbrow Landscape. The lady is standing on the surviving rampart. Photo: K Millican, Lochbrow Landscape Project (Vote or comment on this photo)
This fort (which was discovered during aerial survey) is situated on a pronounced slope at the north end of the ridge known as Archwood Hill.

The only visible surface remains are those of a spread rampart or bank, measuring up to 6m in thickness and 0.2m in height, and a broad outer ditch. This bank and ditch is situated on the SW arc of the fort on the highest part of its circuit, from which access would have been easiest from along the ridge.

More at Canmore ID 66231 which adds that the fort was discovered from an aerial survey and is largely visible through crop marks and "It measures about 75m in diameter within defences comprising four concentric ditches. There are traces of a concentric construction trench for a palisade or timber-laced rampart within the innermost ditch on the South. The entrance is on the East."
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NY0988 : River Annan at Archwood by Oliver Dixon
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Re: Archwood Hill by Andy B on Thursday, 05 June 2014
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There's an image of the fort at the bottom of this page
http://lochbrowlandscapeproject.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/going-for-a-stroll-walking-the-landscape-at-lochbrow/
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