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Worm Hill
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Worm Hill
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Easter Stanhope
Canmore ID 49906
Site Number NT13SW 16
NGR NT 1163 3023
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49906
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Broughton, Glenholm And Kilbucho
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT13SW 16 1163 3023.
(NT 1163 3023) Homestead (NR)
OS 6" map, (1967).
On a low rocky knoll on the SE flank of Worm Hill is a homestead measuring 145ft by 75ft within a wall which is now represented for the most part only by a stony scarp. The entrance measuring 10ft in width, is on the S. The interior contains one house-platform measuring 34ft in diameter, the margin of which is covered with loose stones.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1960.
As described.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RDL) 16 March 1964 and (IA) 7 December 1972.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
