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Pillar Knowe
Ring Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Site Name Pillar Knowe
Classification Ring Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 50172
Site Number NT15NE 32
NGR NT 1803 5874
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Midlothian
- Parish Penicuik (Midlothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
Note (1988)
Pillar knowe NT 1803 5874 NT15NE 32
This ring enclosure is situated about 70m NNW of the summit of the Pillar Knowe. Oval on plan, it measures 6.8m by 5.7m within a bank (up to 2m thick by 0.5m high) and an external ditch (up to 3.5m broad by 0.2m deep); on the N and W there are traces of a counterscarp bank.
RCAHMS 1988