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Bemersyde Moss
Scottish Borders, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4143
Location
- Atlas number
- SC4143 (4143)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Scottish Borders
- Historic county
- Berwickshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Mertoun
- National Grid reference
- NT 6130 3441
- Latitude
- 55.60182
- Longitude
- -2.61573
- Altitude
- 152 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.35 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1979); Other (1983); Geophysical Survey (1991)
Identifiers
- HER
- Scottish Borders 57260
- National record
- record NT 63 SW 46; monument 57260
- Wikidata
- Q31107598
Sources
References
- Jones, R F J (1991) The Newstead project'. Univ Bradford Archaeol Sci Annu Rep (1990-1), 5th annual report