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Torwoodlee

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3544

Location

Atlas number
SC3544 (3544)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Selkirkshire
Parish, community, or townland
Caddonfoot
National Grid reference
NT 4750 3814
Latitude
55.63401
Longitude
-2.83547
Altitude
150 m

Form and condition

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

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1897); Other (1946); Other (1961)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 54383
National record
record NT 43 NE 7; monument 54383
Wikidata
Q31105937

Sources

References

  1. Lynn, F (1898)' A survey of the Catrail'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 32 (1897-8), 62-90
  2. RCAHMS (1957) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of Selkirkshire with the fifteenth report of the Commission. HMSO: Edinburgh