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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

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  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Linton (Tweeddale)
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Tweeddale
  • Former County Peebles-shire

Archaeology Notes

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

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Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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