Coveyheugh

Cropmarks have revealed a ditch barring access from the NE to a gently sloping promontory in the low escarpment between the Eye Water and the A1 public road E of Reston at Coveyheugh. Formed where a meander has cut back into the escarpment on the W, a ditch some 3m in breadth has been drawn in a shallow arc across N and E to create an enclosure measuring 100m in depth from NE to SW by at least 120m in breadth (0.79ha); allowing for the presence of an internal rampart, the featureless interior extends to about 0.7ha. The position of the entrance is uncertain, though the cropmark cannot be traced all the way to the lip of the escarpment at either end.

Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC4101