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Nether Howden Rings
Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4017
Location
- Atlas number
- SC4017 (4017)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Scottish Borders
- Historic county
- Berwickshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Channelkirk
- National Grid reference
- NT 5074 5298
- Latitude
- 55.76775
- Longitude
- -2.78661
- Altitude
- 230 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.35 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1900); Other (1919); Other (1955); Other (1975); Other (1981)
Identifiers
- HER
- Scottish Borders 56060
- National record
- record NT 55 SW 8; monument 56060
- Wikidata
- Q31106911
Sources
References
- Allan, A (1900) History of Channelkirk. James Thin: Edinburgh
- Craw, J H (1921) 'Notes on Berwickshire Forts, with a description of those recently discovered'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 55 (1920-1), 231-55