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Kingsrig

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4040

Location

Atlas number
SC4040 (4040)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Berwickshire
Parish, community, or townland
Eccles
National Grid reference
NT 7653 3938
Latitude
55.64743
Longitude
-2.37448
Altitude
65 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.28 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope and spur
Aspect
southwest
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1967)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 58321
National record
record NT 73 NE 16; monument 58321
Wikidata
Q31107056

Sources