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Castlehill
Enclosure (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Castlehill
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 65830
Site Number NX98SE 25
NGR NX 97 84
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65830
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmahoe
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX98SE 25 97 84.
A circle on Castlehill Farm, less than a quarter-mile from Duncow camp (NX98SE 5), consists of a circular area 100 feet in diameter surrounded by a bank 25 feet broad with an entrance on the east.
T Johnston 1825-7
Not located; enquiries at Castlehill farm proved negative.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 22 June 1964
The area in question has been thoroughly perambulated, but no trace of a circle, as described above, has been found. (A E Truckell, Dumfries Museum).
Visited by OS (EGC) 6 August 1964