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Burnswark
Earthwork (Post Medieval), Observation Post (Second World War), Redoubt (17th Century)(Possible), Triangulation Station (19th Century) (1847)
Site Name Burnswark
Classification Earthwork (Post Medieval), Observation Post (Second World War), Redoubt (17th Century)(Possible), Triangulation Station (19th Century) (1847)
Canmore ID 66628
Site Number NY17NE 2.07
NGR NY 1851 7860
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66628
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Hoddom
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (1997)
NY 1851 7860 NY17NE 2.7
Burnswark, listed as artillery fortification.
RCAHMS 1997.
