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Minto Craigs

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3319

Location

Atlas number
SC3319 (3319)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Roxburghshire
Parish, community, or townland
Minto
National Grid reference
NT 5816 2093
Latitude
55.48042
Longitude
-2.66355
Altitude
215 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1969); 1st Identified Written Reference (1993)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 75810
National record
record NT 52 SE 30; monument 75810
Wikidata
Q31105156

Sources