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Kelburne Park
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kelburne Park
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 41172
Site Number NS25NW 24
NGR NS 2122 5620
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41172
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Largs
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS25NW 24 2122 5620.
(NS 2122 5620) Motte (NR)
OS 6" map (1964)
There is a mote or dun in Kelburne Park.
Information from K A Steer, RCAHMS, letter 16 April 1954.
NS 2122 5620. Just over 50ft OD on a W-facing slope is an apparently artificial mound raised above the general level by 1.6m on the E and 7.0m on the W. The flat summit has recently been disturbed (probably by tree removal). It is roughly circular, average diameter 20.0m and has an earthen rampart, 1.0m wide and 0.5m high on its E perimeter. There is no trace of a defensive ditch.
Visited by OS (DS) 21 September 1956
This mound, which is generally as described above, now lies in a young dense plantation, making a close inspection impossible.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (JTT) 28 October 1964
This work, within widely-spaced mature afforestation, has adapted a slightly raised natural promontory on a W-facing scarp line. In form and location it is similar to the probable homestead at NS25SW 6. Generally as described by OS (DS), the once substantial perimeter rampart or wall, 0.3m high on the E, has been levelled elsewhere, and the level interior is featureless. The cultivated field to the E shows no trace of a ditch.
Visited by OS (JRL) 9 February 1983
Field Visit (26 May 1953)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
Reference (1957)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1951-5)’ (RCAHMS 1957, xiv-xviii).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG), 24 October 2012.
