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Chester Hill

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4130

Chester Hill is a contour fort and a promontory fort in Ayton, Scottish Borders, Scotland.

Other names on the record: Greystonelees and Hindchester.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 0.5 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory and a cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and at 171 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (4918).

Location

Atlas number
SC4130 (4130)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Berwickshire
Parish, community, or townland
Ayton
National Grid reference
NT 9526 6018
Latitude
55.83487
Longitude
-2.07724
Altitude
171 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort and promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.5 ha
Footprint
1.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
annex, multi-period enclosure system, and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1771); Other (1856); Other (1894); Other (1908); Earthwork Survey (1912); Other (1933); Other (1954); Other (1966); Other (1979); Other (1990)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
4918
HER
Scottish Borders 60178
National record
record NT 96 SE 1; monument 60178
Wikidata
Q31107635

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. Craw, J H (1921) 'Notes on Berwickshire Forts, with a description of those recently discovered'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 55 (1920-1), 231-55
  3. Kinghorn, R (1935) 'Unrecorded Berwickshire antiquities, being the Chalmers-Jervise Prize essay for 1933'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 69 (1934-5), 157-67
  4. 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.
  5. 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