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Aytonlaw E

Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4134

Location

Atlas number
SC4134 (4134)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Scottish Borders
Historic county
Berwickshire
Parish, community, or townland
Ayton
National Grid reference
NT 9118 6088
Latitude
55.84110
Longitude
-2.14240
Altitude
60 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant and Cropmark
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.3 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and hillslope
Aspect
south
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1771); Earthwork Survey (1920); Other (1948); Other (1954); Other (1966); Other (1979); Other (2009)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
12512
HER
Scottish Borders 60262
National record
record NT 96 SW 7; monument 60262
Wikidata
Q31107653

Sources

References

  1. Craw, J H (1921) 'Notes on Berwickshire Forts, with a description of those recently discovered'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 55 (1920-1), 231-55
  2. St Joseph, J K (1967) Air reconnaissance: recent results, 10'. Antiquity 41 (1967), 148-9