Wakefield
Ring Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Wakefield
Classification Ring Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 50240
Site Number NT15SW 16
NGR NT 1335 5296
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50240
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Linton (Tweeddale)
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT15SW 16 1335 5296.
(NT 133 529) There is a ring enclosure just under 3/4 mile SSE of Wakefield, 950' OD. It is 33' in diameter and has a 4' wide gap in the S part of its bank.
(Information from A McLaren notebook, 2, 81)
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1963
NT 1335 5296. There is a ring-enclosure measuring 10.5m in diameter within a turf bank 3.5m wide and 0.3 - 0.4m high situated on level ground c10.0m above an unnamed stream to the south. A gap or entrance is in the SW quadrant.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 18 February 1970
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
