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Maxwellston
Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Maxwellston
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 40872
Site Number NS20SE 21
NGR NS 25990 00820
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40872
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Dailly
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS20SE 21 25990 00820
Sub-oval enclosure, known from cropmarks, situated at c.31m OD, some 200m SSE of the Water of Girvan. Ditch is narrow but regular, broken by two opposed entrances with squared terminals. No trace of a bank. Some vague internal marks, and a faint cropmark line which turns an abrupt right angle. There is a possible ring-ditch in the adjacent field to SSE. Unlikely to be henge-related.
A F Harding and G E Lee 1987
Aerial Photographic Transcription (5 August 1993 - 11 August 1993)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (29 September 2011)
