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Faw Hill

Scottish Borders, Scotland · Atlas SC3372

Location

Atlas number
SC3372 (3372)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Roxburghshire
Parish, community, or townland
Southdean
National Grid reference
NT 6342 1391
Latitude
55.41776
Longitude
-2.57941
Altitude
310 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant and Cropmark
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.15 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope and spur
Aspect
northeast
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1859); Other (1884); Other (1939); Other (1967)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 56950
National record
record NT 61 SW 3; monument 56950
Wikidata
Q31105330

Sources

References

  1. Geikie, J (1884) «List of hill forts, intrenched camps, etc. in Roxburghshire on the Scotch side of the Cheviots. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club 10 (1882_4) 139-44
  2. RCAHMS (1956) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of Roxburghshire: with the fourteenth report of the Commission, 2v. HMSO: Edinburgh