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Foulden

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4121

Location

Atlas number
SC4121 (4121)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Berwickshire
Parish, community, or townland
Foulden
National Grid reference
NT 9246 5657
Latitude
55.80241
Longitude
-2.12178
Altitude
122 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain 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
0.21 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
palisade
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east); Simple Gap (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 (1970); Other (1979); Other (2009)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
12531
HER
Scottish Borders 60048
National record
record NT 95 NW 20; monument 60048
Wikidata
Q31107628

Sources