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Bonnet Plantation

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3992

Location

Atlas number
SC3992 (3992)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Berwickshire
Parish, community, or townland
Lauder
National Grid reference
NT 5574 4842
Latitude
55.72720
Longitude
-2.70626
Altitude
305 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 2, NW 1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.27 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
commercial forestry

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1826); Earthwork Survey (1912); Other (1955); Other (1962)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 55812
National record
record NT 54 NE 3; monument 55812
Wikidata
Q31106748

Sources

References

  1. RCAHMS (1915) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Sixth report and Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in the County of Berwick (Revised Issue). HMSO: Edinburgh