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Little Cults
Palisaded Enclosure (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Little Cults
Classification Palisaded Enclosure (Later Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Pennyliggit
Canmore ID 61231
Site Number NX15NW 22
NGR NX 11823 58759
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/61231
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX15NW 22 1182 5876.
A circular enclosure, measuring about 25m in diameter within a palisade trench or narrow ditch, is revealed by cropmarks 460m WNW of Little Cults; there is a possible entrance on the NE.
A E Truckell 1984; RCAHMS 1987
(Name cited as Pennyliggit).
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 5 October 1999.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (11 March 1993 - 20 October 1993)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (24 November 2011)
Note (8 June 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from PALISADED ENCLOSURE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
