Kershope Burn
Ring Ditch (Prehistoric)
Site Name Kershope Burn
Classification Ring Ditch (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 343021
Site Number NY58SW 17
NGR NY 50800 84200
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/343021
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Castleton
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Scottish Borders Smr Note
A well preserved ring-ditch 12.5m in overall diameter (9m in diameter within the bank which is 0.9m wide and 0.3m high). No stones are visible inits construction. There is almost no trace of aninternal ditch except in the SW corner of thestructure where it is very slight. However thereis an excellently preserved external ditchimmediately beyond the bank. It is 0.6m wide and0.15m deep. Outside this again on the north sideis a level shallow shelf 0.9m wide, 0.1m deep.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
