Easton Burn
Fort (Prehistoric)
Site Name Easton Burn
Classification Fort (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 49811
Site Number NT13NE 10
NGR NT 1790 3785
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49811
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Stobo
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT13NE 10 1790 3785.
(NT 1790 3785) Fort (NR)
OS 6" map, (1967).
In a plantation on a spur above the Easton Burn is a fort. It measures 260ft by 145ft internally but the inner rampart has been completely denuded except on the NE, where it consists of a strong bank 2 1/2ft high. On the steep south side there are no defences; but on the opposite side the rampart is accompanied by a ditch outisde which a second rampart, with external quarry ditch, has been constructed partly in a natural gully that flanks the site on the NW, and N, and partly across the level ground on the NE. The entrance, on the N is crossed by an open drain. The interior is entirely overgrown and no indications of dwellings could be seen.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1960; Information from R W Feachem notebook 1960, 116.
As described by RCAHMS. The entrance is difficult to discern. Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(JTT) 14 August 1964.
Tree-felling has now obscured much of the defences.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(DWR) 7 August 1972.
Note (7 October 2015 - 18 May 2016)
This fort is situated on a promontory formed in the escarpment above the N bank of the Easton Burn NW of Stobo. Oval on plan, the interior measures about 80m from E to W by 45m transversely (0.27ha) within the inner rampart, which forms an almost complete circuit, only petering out along the edge of the escarpment on the S. Elsewhere, exploiting agully on the NW and N, it is accompanied by a broad external ditch and an outer rampart and ditch, which swing round out of the gully onto the level ground on the NE. A gap in both ramparts on the N may be the entrance, though the OS subsequently struggled to find it. As far as is known, the interior is featureless.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3572
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
