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Kirkgill Bank
Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Kirkgill Bank
Classification Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Kirk Gill
Canmore ID 67821
Site Number NY39SW 7
NGR NY 30431 90720
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67821
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY 3042 9070. This ploughed down scooped settlement, at 120m OD is generally as described.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (JRL), 27 August 1981.
Field Visit (August 1980)
Kirkgill Bank NY 304 907 NY39SW
On the SE side of the Kirk Gill, where it cuts through the steep scarp of the river terrace known as Kirkgill Bank, there is an oval settlement measuring 45.5m by 38.5m within its bank. On the S the bank is up to 4m in thickness and 0. 7m in height, but elsewhere it is reduced to a scarp up to 1.3m in height. The entrance is on the SSW.
RCAHMS 1980, visited August 1980
Note (1997)
NY 3042 9070 NY39SW 7
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
