Corwall
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Corwall
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 62128
Site Number NX24NE 7
NGR NX 2908 4943
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62128
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Mochrum
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX24NE 7 2908 4943.
(NX 2908 4943) Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
A fort - an oval enclosure, 96' N-S by 68', within a stony bank 10' thick. At the N end, a section of the interior, 48' in diameter, is raised about 1 1/2' above the general level (cf NX24NE 12 - Homestead).
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911
An oval-shaped homestead situated in a small SW-facing hollow on the side of a gentle hill. The turf covered stone bank, 3.0m wide and up to 1.5m high, encloses a levelled area 35.0m by 20.0m. A modern stone wall bisects the enclosure. At the north end the area raised above the general interior level is later stone dumping. The enclosing bank being slightly lower in the SW quadrant suggests that this may have been the entance.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (TRG) 10 July 1976
