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Stuartslaw

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4082

Location

Atlas number
SC4082 (4082)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Berwickshire
Parish, community, or townland
Edrom
National Grid reference
NT 8614 5536
Latitude
55.79138
Longitude
-2.22252
Altitude
60 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 2, SW 2, NW 0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and spur
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1765); Other (1971)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 59686
National record
record NT 85 NE 8; monument 59686
Wikidata
Q31107290

Sources

References

  1. Carr, A A. (1836) A history of Coldingham Priory. Edinburgh
  2. 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
  3. Stat Acct (date) Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes (Sinclair, J ed), 1791-99