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Grizzlefield, West Rings
Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4006
Location
- Atlas number
- SC4006 (4006)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Scottish Borders
- Historic county
- Berwickshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Earlston
- National Grid reference
- NT 5883 4012
- Latitude
- 55.65289
- Longitude
- -2.65582
- Altitude
- 155 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.52 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.28 ha, 0.52 ha
- Footprint
- 1.3 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East); Oblique (East); Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1771); Other (1883); Earthwork Survey (1911); Other (1955); Other (1962)
Identifiers
- HER
- Scottish Borders 55944
- National record
- record NT 54 SE 7; monument 55944
- Wikidata
- Q31106835
Sources
References
- 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
- Tait, J (1884) 'On the Black Dyke and some British camps in the west of Berwickshire'. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club 10 (1882-4), 307-12