<< Text Pages >> Eglinton Park - Ancient Village or Settlement in Scotland in North Ayrshire
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Multi-periodSite Name: Eglinton Park Alternative Name: Eglinton Mesolithic SettlementCountry: Scotland County: North Ayrshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kilwinning Nearest Village: Dreghorn
Map Ref: NS3229642217
Latitude: 55.644475N Longitude: 4.666375W
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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AstroGeologist visited on 26th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Eglinton Park Settlement :
To the North of the A78 road at Eglinton, is a large Mesolithic settlement.
Now home to the ruins of a Castle, the current site covers an area of 400ha (40 of which are woodland) enclosed by the River Garnock to the West, and the Lugton Water to the South and East, this area would have been ideal hunting and fishing grounds for our ancestors.
In the mid 19th century a small Cordoned Cinerary Urn and several other Urns were discovered in a Tumulus near Eglinton Castle (This is now with the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland) Unfortunately this Tumulus no longer exists.
Not long after, Mr "John Palmer" found a Greenstone Axe-Hammer next to Eglinton Stables, it was 20cm long and perforated near the blunt end. In the Pyetbog at Eglinton Kennels a Stone Axehead was also found.
Several Mesolithic Chert and Flint Blades and Scrapers were found dotted about the area along with some Crop Marks.
Now cut off from the park by the B7080 road, 2 Prehistoric Burials were found when some new homes were being constructed at Montgomerie Park. The land the Cist and Ditch Burial was discovered on is now mostly covered in a modern housing scheme.
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