What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Virginhill Plantation, Gallows Dike as Promontory Fort (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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Places near here
BurnheadFort (period Unassigned) · 407 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Thornhill, Nith Bridge, CrossCross (early Medieval) · 519 yd
Millennium CairnMemorial · 952 yd
Thornhill, 12a North Drumlanrig StreetCottage (post Medieval) · 1431 yd
Thornhill, 34a West Morton StreetHouse (post Medieval) · 1516 yd
Joseph Thomson MonumentMemorial · 1755 yd
Tibbers WoodForest · 1.4 mi
Drumlanrig Castle, GardenGarden (period Unassigned) · 2.4 mi
Drumlanrig CastleSundial(s) (period Unassigned) · 2.4 mi
Ewe HillMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
Townhead WoodForest · 2.8 mi
Auchenbainzie HillMountain / peak · 2.8 mi