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Doorpool Hill

Scottish Borders, Scotland · Atlas SC3375

Location

Atlas number
SC3375 (3375)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Roxburghshire
Parish, community, or townland
Southdean
National Grid reference
NT 6227 1135
Latitude
55.39467
Longitude
-2.59722
Altitude
251 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant and Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 2, SW 2, NW 2
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.4 ha
Footprint
1.6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
southeast
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Finds
lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1858); Other (1884); Other (1948); Other (1967)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 56936
National record
record NT 61 SW 10; monument 56936
Wikidata
Q31105359

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