Auchinvalley
Fort (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Auchinvalley
Classification Fort (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 45890
Site Number NS77NW 24
NGR NS 742 791
NGR Description NS c. 742 791
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Kilsyth (North Lanarkshire)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumbernauld And Kilsyth
- Former County Stirlingshire
Field Visit (19 June 1954)
NS77NW c. 74 79 (unnoted)
Dun (probable), Auchinvalley (Site).
The parish minister of Kilsyth in 1796 states (1) that one of several circular stone fortifications in the neighbourhood was situated at ‘Auchinvillie’, but no trace of such a work has been found.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 19 June 1954.
(1) Stat. Acct. xviii (1796), 292
Field Visit (16 January 1974)
NS77NW 24 c. 742 791.
No trace.
Visited by OS (JP) 16 January 1974
Note (1982)
Auchinvalley NS c. 742 791 NS77NW 24
Nothing remains of a circular fortification noted in the Statistical Account at 'Auchinvillie'; it was one of 'several' defended by walls or ramparts of dry-stone masonry and measuring '40 or 50 yards' (36m - 45ml in diameter.
RCAHMS 1982
(Stat. Acct., xviii, 1796, 292-3; RCAHMS 1963, p. 84, No. 97)
