Dunshalt Plantation
| Building summary | |
|---|---|
| [photo awaited] | |
| Name | Dunshalt Plantation |
| other names | Dunshelt Plantation |
| Date | Probably Iron Age |
| See map | |
| OS grid ref | NO 24620 10153 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°16'40"N 3°13'8"W |
Dunshalt Plantation is a prehistoric fort in Woodmill Farm, near Dunshalt (or Dunshelt). It is south of the River Eden, and just within the Parish of Falkland.
| HES Scheduled monument designation details[1] | |
|---|---|
| Reference: SM809 | Date added: 14/10/1935 |
| Address/Site Name
Dunshelt Plantation,earthwork | |
| Type
Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill fort and promontory fort) | |
| Description | |
Further references
Earthwork, probably iron age (but possibly much later) on curiously low-lying ground, about 42m. by 26m. within as many as four ramparts and ditches with an average of more than 9m. between the two outer banks, though much of the NE perimeter has been destroyed. SE entrance. The 13.5m. diameter annular bank in the middle is probably later.[2]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for SM809
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 148.