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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: HabchesterCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.045 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Scottish Borders Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: NT94425881
Latitude: 55.822507N Longitude: 2.090629W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Hillfort in Scottish Borders
This oval fort measures 380ft by 270ft within two bold ramparts with external ditches. The NW sector has been ploughed away, but at the surviving entrance in the NE, the ramparts join round the head of the inner ditch. The NW sector of the defences is represented by the crest of a natural steep scarp, and it is probable that, in its original state, the fort would have been bounded on this side by only the inner rampart. Another feature is a quarry ditch at the inner foot of the remaining part of the inner rampart.
Source: Canmore
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