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Edin's Hall

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4069

Edin's Hall is a hillslope fort in Duns, Scottish Borders, Scotland.

Other names on the record: Edinshall.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial bivallate and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and stone wall, and an enclosed area of 0.87 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and a hillslope and at 205 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture and heather moorland.

Dating evidence is recorded (Artefactual).

A scheduled monument number is recorded (90134).

Location

Atlas number
SC4069 (4069)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Berwickshire
Parish, community, or townland
Duns
National Grid reference
NT 7724 6031
Latitude
55.83552
Longitude
-2.36495
Altitude
205 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 2, SW 3, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
4
Enclosed area
0.87 ha
Enclosure areas
0.87 ha, 0.73 ha
Footprint
1.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and stone wall
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and hillslope
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures
Interior excavation
roundhouses
Finds
pottery, metal, and animal bones
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1764); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1771); Other (1792); Other (1834); Earthwork Survey (1850); Other (1857); Earthwork Survey (1869); Excavation (1869); Excavation (1879); Other (1882); Earthwork Survey (1894); Other (1

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
90134
HER
Scottish Borders 58777
National record
record NT 76 SE 6; monument 58777
Wikidata
Q31107314

Sources

References

  1. Christison, D (1895) 'The forts of Selkirk, the Gala Water, the Southern slopes of the Lammermoors, and the north of Roxburgh'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 29 (1894-50), 108-79
  2. Dunwell, A (1996) 'Edin's Hall (Duns parish), fort, broch and settlement'. Disc Exc Scot (1996), 88
  3. Dunwell, A (1999) 'Edin's Hall fort, broch and settlement, Berwickshire (Scottish Borders): recent fieldwork and new perceptions'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 129 (1999), 303-57
  4. Feachem, R W (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London
  5. Lefroy, G (1870) Contained in 'Proceedings at meetings of the Royal Archaeological Institute'. Archaeol J 27 (1870), 61-2
  6. Michie, A (1869) 'A visit to Etin's Hald'. Trans Hawick Archaeol Soc (1869), 43-6
  7. RCAHMS (1909) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. First report and Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in the County of Berwick. HMSO: Edinburgh.
  8. 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
  9. Stuart, J (1868-70) 'Notice of a Circular Structure known as 'Edin's Hall,' on Cockburnlaw, one of the Lammermoor Hills'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 8 (1868-70), 41-6
  10. Turnbull, G (1856) 'An account of Edin's Hall, in the parish of Dunse, and County of Berwick'. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club 3 (1850-6), 9-20
  11. Turnbull, J (1881) 'On Edin's Hall'. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club 9 (1879-81), 81-99