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Round Dounan Hillfort Image © Mark Johnstone Nearest Town: Stranraer (9km W) OS Ref (GB):     NX14835795 / Sheet: 82 Latitude: 54° 52' 54.51" N Longitude:     4° 53' 12.91" W Added by markj99 Images (5) Fieldnotes (1) Links (1) 0 discussions Start a topic Show  |  Hide Web searches for Round Dounan Flickr Google Google Images MAGIC The Megalithic Portal Bing Stone Pages Streetmap.co.uk Wikipedia

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Round Dounan is a small fort in the grounds of Dunragit House. It is situated on a natural mound at the top of a slope c. 75 yards E of the road leading to Dunragit House. The mound is protected on the W by the wooded slope with a surrounding terrace on the N, E & S sides. There are two deep gouges on the N end of the knoll. The mound is c. 15 feet high with a flat grassy summit plateau cleared of vegetation. There are no features on the plateau save some tree stumps. The NW-SE Axis measures c. 35 yards and the NE-SW Axis measures c. 25 yards giving the mound an oval shape. Canmore ID 61250 (go to Links) has further details of Round Dounan. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by markj99 3rd May 2021ce Edited 3rd May 2021ce

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Canmore ID 61250 Round Dounan on Canmore Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by markj99 3rd May 2021ce