WoSAS Pin: 15825

Site Name: Duncryne

Alternative Name(s):

Monument Type: Beacon Stance (possible)

Council: West Dunbartonshire

Parish: Kilmaronock

Map Sheet: NS48NW

Grid Reference: 243550, 685950

Canmore Number: 89427

Non-Statutory Register Code:

Site Report

WoSASPIN 15825

NS 435 859.
Possible beacon stance (taken from 1st edition OS map - not visited). Details in Strathclyde Sites and Monuments Record.
SRC SMR 1994a.

On top of Duncryne Hill, a few metres east of the OS trig point, is a possible beacon stance. The site is formed by a bank c. 1.3m wide and 0.4m high, forming a small circle c. 4m in maximum diameter. The site has excellent views in all directions.
Robins, P., Strathclyde SMR, 1992

Further Reading and Sources

SRC SMR , 'Submission by Strathclyde SMR (for year to 31 October 1994)', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, 1994, pp.50-1, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 80.(1994)