<< Text Pages >> Craigie Hill Fort - Hillfort in Scotland in South Ayrshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Craigie Hill Fort Alternative Name: Craigie Hill DunCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.951 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Ayrshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Kilmarnock Nearest Village: Craigie
Map Ref: NS42243276
Latitude: 55.562913N Longitude: 4.503124W
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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Destroyed Hillfort in South Ayrshire
Craigie Hill Fort was located on the rounded summit of Craigie Hill in the Ayrshire countryside.
It was situated over 152m above sea level, and had an oval shape to it, with an approx NE~SW alignment, measuring approx 80m x 70m.
It was only recognized as a HillFort in 1953 after the site was turned into a quarry, back then a single rampart was still visible - formed by a stony scarp 1.8m high. This was best preserved around the Western half of the circuit, on the SW perimeter. No trace of the rampart survived on the SE, or the NE, which was already being quarried.
By 1982 a large Southerly extension of Craigiehill Quarry had destroyed all traces of the HillFort.
It was located just over 1/2km away from Craigie Dun.
For more information : Canmore ID 42869
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