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Latitude: 55.6674 / 55°40'2"N
Longitude: -5.1545 / 5°9'16"W
OS Eastings: 201702
OS Northings: 646053
OS Grid: NS017460
Mapcode National: GBR FFNQ.V0D
Mapcode Global: WH1MB.STN5
Entry Name: An Cnap,vitrified fort 250m N of Woodside Cottage
Scheduled Date: 22 January 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5535
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Kilbride
County: North Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Ardrossan and Arran
Traditional County: Buteshire
This vitrified fort is situated to the N of Sannox on the crest of an east-facing coastal slope.
Pear-shaped on plan, the fort measures about 62m from NNW to SSE by 45m transversely within two lines of concentric rampart; a steep natural slope forms the E limit of the site. The outer bank has a 15m long stretch of wall-facing visible on the W. The precise location of the entrance is not obvious but was either in the E corner where both walls stop short of the natural slopes or, more likely, at the slight lowering of the banks on the W side. Vitrified material is exposed in the inner bank at several places on the SW; vitrification was confirmed by excavation in the 1920s.
The area to be scheduled measures up to 140m from N to S by 100m transversely, to include the fort and an area around in which associated remains may survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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