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Finnarts Hill
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Enclosure (Bronze Age)(Possible), Quarry Scoop(S) (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Site Name Finnarts Hill
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Enclosure (Bronze Age)(Possible), Quarry Scoop(S) (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Canmore ID 60866
Site Number NX07SE 11
NGR NX 05371 74250
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60866
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ballantrae (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX07SE 11 0537 7425.
NX 05377425 A circular enclosure consisting of an earth-and-stone bank enclosing a raised area 1m high and 18m in diameter, with traces of a slight internal ditch and a more substantial external ditch. The bank averages 0.2m in height and 1.5m in width. The internal ditch is about 1.0m wide and the external ditch is 4.0m wide with traces of a causeway across it on the north. The wasted condition of the structure implies some antiquity. (cf NX07SE 6)
(Information from K A Steer, RCAHMS, 23 November 1955)
Visited by OS (JFC) 26 November 1955
This site straddles a small heather covered ridge. It does not appear to be an enclosure at all but merely a fortuitous combination of old quarry pits and low heaps of upcast.
Visited by OS (JP) 5 May 1976
Field Visit (31 August 1954)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project.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.
Field Visit (May 1981)
Finnarts Hill 2 NX 053 742 NX07SE 11
Stony debris and shallow quarry-pits on the summit of Finnarts Hill may indicaw the site of a cairn about 15m in diameter.
RCAHMS 1981, visited May 1981
