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Mid Chesterfield, Stockbridge

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4067

Location

Atlas number
SC4067 (4067)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Berwickshire
Parish, community, or townland
Cockburnspath
National Grid reference
NT 7762 6956
Latitude
55.91864
Longitude
-2.35965
Altitude
147 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
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
0.35 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
palisade
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east); Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1912); Other (1956); Other (1979)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 58724
National record
record NT 76 NE 17; monument 58724
Wikidata
Q31107192

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