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Dalswinton Roads

Pit Defined Avenue (Prehistoric)

Site Name Dalswinton Roads

Classification Pit Defined Avenue (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Dalswinton Mains

Canmore ID 65933

Site Number NX98SW 47

NGR NX 94202 84329

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Kirkmahoe
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Nithsdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Archaeology Notes

NX98SW 47 942 843

Scheduled (with NX98SW 46) as Dalswinton Mains, ring ditch and pit alignments.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 19 march 1993.

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Aerial Photographic Transcription (8 May 2012)

Aerial Photographic Interpretation (12 April 2024)

After a review of the oblique aerial photography and airborne mapping, the features previously interpreted as a pit-alignment can now be identified as the remains of a pit-defined avenue.

Information from Kirsty Millican and Peter McKeague (Historic Environment Scotland)12 April 2024

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