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Aikenhead
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aikenhead
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) 'Fort'; 'motte'
Canmore ID 42935
Site Number NS44SE 6
NGR NS 4606 4221
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42935
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Fenwick
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
- Former County Ayrshire
NS44SE 6 4606 4221.
(NS 4606 4221) Fort or motte cut away by the stream.
J Smith 1895
This is a natural mound.
Visited by OS (JLD) 14 August 1956
Probably natural. The remains of a low-lying, turf-covered mound, the greater part of which has been eroded by the Fenwick Water. In section, its composition is of gravel and it is not possible to estimate its former shape or size.
Visited by OS (JRL) 6 August 1982
Site recorded during an avoidance oriented evaluation of the proposed upgrading of the A77 to motorway standard from Fenwick in Kilmarnock and Loudoun District to Malletsheugh in Eastwood District.
NS 4606 4221 Mound.
Sponsor: Roads Directorate of The Scottish Office Department, managed on its behalf by Historic Scotland.
R Strachan and D Alexander 1995.
