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Hassendean Bank

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3285

Location

Atlas number
SC3285 (3285)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Roxburghshire
Parish, community, or townland
Minto
National Grid reference
NT 5551 1925
Latitude
55.46509
Longitude
-2.70521
Altitude
119 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
3
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
0.55 ha
Footprint
1.4 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east); Simple Gap (South west); Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1960)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 55211
National record
record NT 51 NE 23; monument 55211
Wikidata
Q31105011

Sources