Gallow Hill
Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Field Boundary (Period Unassigned), Linear Feature(S) (Period Unassigned), Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Pit Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible), Pit Setting (Prehistoric), Roundhouse (Prehistoric)(Possible), Timber Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Gallow Hill
Classification Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Field Boundary (Period Unassigned), Linear Feature(S) (Period Unassigned), Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Pit Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible), Pit Setting (Prehistoric), Roundhouse (Prehistoric)(Possible), Timber Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 89936
Site Number NX19NE 56
NGR NX 19500 99943
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/89936
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Girvan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX19NE 56 19500 99943
A complex of features have been recorded as cropmarks on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 1993, 2000) in a field to the W of Gallow Hill. These include a pit-circle, composed of eight pits, which measures about 12m across. The pit-setting lies to the W of the pit-circle and comprises parallel rows of three pits. Scattered across the rest of the field there are other pits, none of which form a coherent pattern. Arcs of narrow ditches in the E and W of the field may form enclosures. A ploughed-down field boundary, which is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ayrshire 1859, sheet xlix), runs WNW-ESE across the field and there are other linear features that are probably field drains.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 8 July 2004
Aerial Photographic Transcription (13 January 2005 - 20 June 2005)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (21 February 2014)
This pit circle may be the remains of a ceremonial timber circle or a later prehistoric roundhouse.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 21 February 2014
