Townhead
Dun (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Townhead
Classification Dun (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 45891
Site Number NS77NW 25
NGR NS 740 782
NGR Description NS c. 740 782
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Kilsyth (North Lanarkshire)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumbernauld And Kilsyth
- Former County Stirlingshire
Field Visit (19 June 1954)
NS77NW c. 74 78 (unnoted)
Dun (probable), Townhead (Site).
The parish minister of Kilsyth in 1796 states (1) that one of several circular stone fortifications in the neighbourhood was situated at Townhead, but all traces of this structure have now disappeared.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 19 June 1954.
(1) Stat. Acct. xviii (1796), 292
Field Visit (16 January 1974)
NS77NW 25 740 782.
There is no trace of a dun in this area.
Visited by OS (JP) 16 January 1974
Note (1982)
Townhead NS c. 740 782 NS77NW 25
One of 'several circular fortifications' in the parish of Kilsyth (NS77NW 24) was noted in the Statistical Account at Townhead. It is possibly the 'small Fort' recorded by Gordon near 'Columbee' (see NS77NW 21 and NS77NW 30).
RCAHMS 1982
(Stat. Acct, xviii, 1796, 292; RCAHMS 1963, p. 84, No. 98)