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Harper Heugh

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4124

Location

Atlas number
SC4124 (4124)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Berwickshire
Parish, community, or townland
Foulden
National Grid reference
NT 9053 5498
Latitude
55.78809
Longitude
-2.15251
Altitude
61 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.6 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1994)

Identifiers

HER
Scottish Borders 127664
National record
record NT 95 SW 54; monument 127664
Wikidata
Q31107513

Sources