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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle O'er FortCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Langholm
Map Ref: NY2419092850
Latitude: 55.224028N Longitude: 3.193301W
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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More information on this hillfort in the Esk Valley is given in Canmore ID 67376 which describes this as a multi-period fort, "situated on a knoll in a clearing in a forestry plantation. In the earliest phase it was defended by twin ramparts and a medial ditch which enclosed an area measuring 120 by 60m. Subsequently the inner rampart was replaced by a wall, reducing the enclosed area to 95 by 53m. There were entrances on the E and SW in both phases. In the interior, and probably contemporary with the second phase defences, there are at least three ring-groove houses (one of which has double grooves) and several possible house-platforms. A crescentic bank of bedrock NE of the SW entrance through the wall may be a result of the quarrying that has disturbed the W part of the interior. On the S of the fort, and probably contemporary with the ramparts, there are two annexes, each formed by a bank accompanied by an internal ditch and slight inner bank."
In 1993 the site was re-surveyed and more detail was added about the site, including 'the stances of at least 29 houses ... can be identified within the interior of the fort."
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