Barsalloch Fort
Barsalloch Fort (also Barsalloch Point) is a fence 1000 m west of the village of Monreith , on a hook in the county of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland .
A cliff is the ideal location for the probably in the last centuries BC. A small D-shaped enclosure erected in BC ( Iron Age ) . It lies with its round back against the slope. Your access is on the straight side of the lake. The enclosure consists of a 10 m wide and 3.5 m deep trench, with walls on the inside and outside. The interior has an area of about 1000 m². Since no excavation has taken place and nothing is known of the internal buildings, the function is open.
The east side of the 10 km wide Luce Bay is an example of how the coastline has changed since the early days. Traces of early hunters and gatherers have been found along the old beach .
See also
literature
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: Scotland. To Oxford Archaeological Guide . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998, ISBN 0-19-288002-0 , ( Oxford archaeological guides ).
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Coordinates: 54 ° 44 ′ 19.3 ″ N , 4 ° 34 ′ 7.5 ″ W.