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Knockavalley

Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Site Name Knockavalley

Classification Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Canmore ID 297369

Site Number NX19NE 187

NGR NX 18514 98817

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/297369

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  • Council South Ayrshire
  • Parish Girvan
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kyle And Carrick
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NX19NE 187 18414 98817

A scatter of pits and what may be two oval enclosures have been recorded as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2008) on the crest and SE facing slope of the low ridge known as Knockavalley.

Information from RCAHMS (DCC) 24 December 2008

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Aerial Photographic Transcription (5 October 2011)

Aerial Photographic Interpretation (7 March 2014)

Elongated subrectangular macular cropmarks recorded on oblique aerial photographs may mark the locations of sunken floored buildings.

Information from RCAHMS (DCC) 7 March 2014

Aerial Photographic Transcription (10 August 2022)

An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 10 August 2022.

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