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Craigie
Fort (Iron Age)
Site Name Craigie
Classification Fort (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 42871
Site Number NS43SW 6
NGR NS 42804 32543
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Craigie
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS43SW 6 4280 3254.
NS 4280 3254. On the summit of the hill above Craigie is a large ruined enclosure marked by the remains of drystone wall along the contour of the hill top. There is a scarped terrace on its NW perimeter and a possible entrance, 4.0m wide, on the S. The interior is broken and rocky.
The enclosure is similar to others on Wardlaw Hill (NS33SE 5 and NS33SE 6 : now recognised as possible forts).
Visited by OS (JLD) 3 June 1954
A defended settlement or fort occupying the entire summit area of this prominent hill at about 152m OD. It measures internally a maximum of 74m E-W by 66m transversely, with a single stony scarp, up to 1.5m high, bounding the summit around the N, W and E, and the remains of a rampart, up to 5.0m wide and 0.7m high, around the S side, where the simple entrance is centrally placed on the line of easiest approach. The undulating interior is featureless.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (JRL) 21 June 1982
Field Visit (March 1985)
Craigie NS 4280 3254 NS43SW 6
This fort is situated on a low hill 220m NNE of Craigie parish church; the ground falls away steeply on the E, N and W, the only easy line of approach being from the S. The interior measures 70.5m from ENE to WSW by 62m transversely and for most of the circuit the rampart has been reduced to little more than a band of rubble which seldom rises more than 0.4m above the level of the interior and peters out against rock outcrops at several places. On the ESE, where it is best preserved, the rampart is spread up to 3.8m in thickness and stands to a maximum height of 0.8m externally, and around the E a few possible outer facing stones are visible. There is a well-defined entrance 3.4m wide on the SSW.
RCAHMS 1985, visited (SH) March 1985.
Note (5 August 2014 - 16 November 2016)
This fort is situated on the summit of the hill due N of Craigie, which is heavily overgrown with gorse. Slightly oval on plan, the interior measures 70m from ENE to WSW by 62m transversely (0.34ha) within a rampart reduced to little more than a band of rubble up to 3.8m in thickness and from 0.4m to 0.8m in height; a few outer facing-stones are visible on the E. The entrance is on the SSW.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 16 November 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC1364
