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Field Visit
Date April 1985
Event ID 1156524
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1156524
Alloway Mote NS 3385 1798 NS31NW 3
The remains of a ringwork are situated on the edge of an escarpment overlooking the River Doon, 475m N of Doonholm. Now D-shaped on plan, it measures 10.3m across internally and is defended on three sides by a massive bank (up to 9m thick and standing to a height of 1.8m above the interior and 5m above the exterior) with traces of an external ditch (8m broad and 1.5m deep) on the SSE. On the WNW, where erosion may have removed the defences, it is defined by steep slopes falling to the River Doon.
RCAHMS 1985, visited April 1985.
(NSA, v, Ayr, 39; Christison 1893, 385-6; Smith 1895, 157; Talbot 1974, 56; Stell 1985a, 15).
