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Shalloch Hill
Whinstone Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Shalloch Hill
Classification Whinstone Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 146205
Site Number NX19NE 63
NGR NX 18516 95744
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/146205
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Girvan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX19NE 63 18516 95744
An old whinstone quarry depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ayrshire 1858, sheet lv), 100m SE of the top of Shalloch Hill, has been recorded as an oval cropmark. A network of linear cropmarks immediately to the S represent field boundaries (NX19NE 48), and the cropmarks of a palisaded settlement (NX19NE 19) have been recorded on the hill-top itself.
Information from RCAHMS (KB) 22 June 1999
A second whinstone quarry, also depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ayrshire 1858, sheet lv), has been recorded as parchmarks on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 2000) lying about 170m E of the summit of Shalloch Hill.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 8 July 2004
Aerial Photographic Transcription (3 October 2011)
