Kingledoors
Fort (Prehistoric), Sheepfold (Modern)
Site Name Kingledoors
Classification Fort (Prehistoric), Sheepfold (Modern)
Alternative Name(s) Glenkerie Burn
Canmore ID 48511
Site Number NT02NE 2
NGR NT 0918 2742
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48511
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Drumelzier
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT02NE 2 0918 2742.
(NT 0918 2742) Fort (NR)
OS 6" map (1962)
On the left bank of the Kingledoors Burn, 70 yds NE of the Glenkerie Burn, there is a low knoll which is occupied by a fort measuring internally 160' by 90'. The inner defence (A), which was probably a boulder-faced rubble wall, was drawn round the margin of the summit-area whilst outside this there were two other walls or earthen ramparts (B, C). The entrance is situated in the centre of the NE end.
Except for a short distance W of the entrance, the inner wall has been reduced to a scarp through the construction of a modern sheepfold . Occasional outer facing-stones can still be seen in situ at the foot of the scarp, but owing to the lack of any corresponding inner face it is not possible to determine the thickness of the wall without excavation. Owing to destruction by cultivation, the pair of outer defences are only visible in the form of intermittent scarps. The interior of the fort has been scarped artificially in places, but there are no definite indications of dwellings.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1956
A fort, as described.
Revised at 1:10560.
Visited by OS (BS) 13 November 1974
Note (5 October 2015 - 31 May 2016)
This small fortification occupies a low hillock rising out of the foot of the slope on the S flank of Glenkerie Rig. Oval on plan, its interior measures about 45m from NE to SW by 25m transversely (0.9ha), roughly approximating to the extent of a large walled sheepfold that overlies the fort. The defences comprise up to three ramparts, the inner of which has probably been a substantial wall though for much of its circuit it is reduced to a stony scarp with occasional outer facing; the outer ramparts, which are also reduced to scarps, are most clearly visible at the NE end, and as a result of cultivation neither now forms a complete circuit. The entrance is on the NE and while the SE side of the interior is slightly sunken no clear house-plaforms are visible.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 31 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3552
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
