What is recorded here
Castle O'er Estate preserves a linear earthwork from the Iron Age, marking the boundary or defence line of a lost Galloway landscape. The stones and soil still hold the shape of human urgency, even if the hands that built them have vanished into centuries.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle O'er Estate as Linear Earthwork (iron Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Slippery KnoweBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 473 yd
WhiteyettFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 596 yd
Castle O'er ForestArrowhead(s) (flint)(period Unassigned), Flake (flint)(period Unassigned), Knife (flint)(period Unassigned), Scraper (tool) (flint)(period Unassigned) · 921 yd
The KnoweLinear Earthwork(s) (iron Age), Settlement (iron Age) · 1589 yd
Saugh HillMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.6 mi
Hart FellMountain / peak · 3.1 mi
Fairy HillWood · 3.8 mi
Telford MemorialMemorial · 4.5 mi
WesterhallHouse (18th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 5.4 mi
KirtleheadTower House (medieval) · 7.2 mi
Dodge WoodWood · 7.5 mi