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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 712305
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/712305
NT24NE 1 2572 4934.
(NT 2572 4939) Northshield Rings (NR) Fort (NR)
OS 6" map (1964)
A fort and settlement generally as described by RCAHMS. The first phase was undoubtedly a settlement and the site was strengthened in the second phase by the addition of two ramparts and ditches. The site of 7 probable huts, visible as slight depressions varying from 6.0m to 9.0m can be seen in the interior which has been burnt off.
RCAHMS Survey revised at 25".
Visited by OS (RD) 23 April 1971
Photographed by the RCAHMS in 1980.
