Courhope
Ring Enclosure(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Courhope
Classification Ring Enclosure(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 51414
Site Number NT24NW 21
NGR NT 208 469
NGR Description NT 208 469 and NT 208 470
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51414
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Eddleston
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT24NW 21 208 469.
NT 207 469 and NT 208 470. A group of four ring enclosures, consisting of two pairs, lie half a mile NE of Courhope at a height of 1100ft OD. The SW pair, which are 19 yds apart, are 20ft and 30ft in diameter respectively; one has a gap in the bank on the SE, and a shallow groove can be seen in the top of the bank of the other. The NE pair, which lie 160 yds away, are 40 yds apart and each measures 38ft in diameter. One of them exhibits a shallow groove in the top of the bank; the other has been damaged by the foundations of a rectangular building. (One enclosure appears on OS 6" 1966 at NT 2083 4707.)
(Information from A McLaren notebook 2, 2)
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1962
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
