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Heriot Station
Fort (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Heriot Station
Classification Fort (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Hangingshaw Hill
Canmore ID 54630
Site Number NT45SW 1
NGR NT 4065 5470
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54630
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Heriot
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Midlothian
NT45SW 1 4065 5470.
(NT 4065 5470) Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map (1970)
This oval, Early Iron Age fort is situated on the gentle W slope of Hangingshaw Hill. It has been both robbed of stone and ploughed down, but enough remains to show that it originally measured 246' by 200' within two ramparts 36' apart, with a medial ditch.
R W Feachem 1963; RCAHMS 1929, visited 1913
This fort has been virtually ploughed out. Traces of the ramparts can be seen at the N and S ends, at the base of the stone field wall which bisects the fort. W of this wall, the medial ditch is visible only as a shallow fold in the ground; E of the wall, the course of the inner rampart can be traced as a low, ploughed-down ridge merging with the natural slope.
Resurveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 23 December 1964
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (BS) 11 August 1975.
Field Visit (8 June 1954)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
Note (19 November 2015 - 17 August 2016)
What are either the remains of a fort or a fortified settlement are situated on the W flank of Hangingshaw Hill opposite the hamlet at Heriot Station. Roughly oval on plan, but with a marked angle on the NW, the defences comprise twin ramparts with a medial ditch some 6m in breadth, but these have been heavily ploughed down and the ditch and the outer rampart are visible only on the N and W. The featureless interior measures about 65m from N to S by about 55m transversely (0.28ha) and there is probably an entrance in the S end.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 17 August 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3763
Sbc Note
Visibility: This site is visible as a cropmark.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
