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Enclosure in Coolcliffe

Enclosure

Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

Located at the bottom of a W-facing slope with a meandering N-S section of the combined Corrock River c. 150m to the W. A magnetic gradiometer survey (20R0129) over an extensive area identified an enclosure (diam. c. 32m) defined by faint traces interrupted sections of a fosse or individual pits on land that was once part of the demesne of Coolcliffe House. (Nicholls 2020, 11 F 45, Fig. 13, 26) See the attached view from Nicholls (2020, Fig. 13, top left) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 December 2020
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