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Lochgate

Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Lochgate

Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 75914

Site Number NS63NW 38

NGR NS 623 371

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Ayrshire
  • Parish Galston
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS63NW 38 623 371

A turf banked circular enclosure lies on a small promontory on the S side of the drained Loch Gate. It is approximately 9m in diameter. The turf bank is 0.7m high and 1m wide. There is no clear entrance, but the enclosure has been partly destroyed by forestry ditching.

A Johnstone 1991.

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