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Harden Burn, Monklaw

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3383

Location

Atlas number
SC3383 (3383)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Roxburghshire
Parish, community, or townland
Jedburgh
National Grid reference
NT 6446 2234
Latitude
55.49359
Longitude
-2.56406
Altitude
150 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant and Cropmark
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.38 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East); Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1938); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1959); Other (1967)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 57100
National record
record NT 62 SW 22; monument 57100
Wikidata
Q31105434

Sources

References

  1. 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