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Hassendean Bank

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3287

Location

Atlas number
SC3287 (3287)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Roxburghshire
Parish, community, or townland
Minto
National Grid reference
NT 5568 1960
Latitude
55.46825
Longitude
-2.70257
Altitude
100 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 3, SW 3, NW 0
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.2 ha
Footprint
0.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
palisade
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1978)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 55220
National record
record NT 51 NE 31; monument 55220
Wikidata
Q31105025

Sources