Knock Fell, Wigtownshire
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| Knock Fell | |||
| Wigtownshire | |||
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| Range: | Galloway Hills | ||
| Summit: | 574 feet NX25515576 54°51’58"N, 4°43’14"W | ||
Knock Fell, orherwise known as ‘Knock of Luce’, is a modest hill of 574 feet in Wigtownshire. It is an outlier of the Galloway Hills, by the north coast of Luce Bay.
The summit is crowned with the earthworks of a hill fort,[1] and with cairn and a more modern artefact - a trig pillar. Other traces of past ages around the hill include prehistoric burnt mounds.[2]
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Knock Fell fort, Old Luce) |