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St Agnes
Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name St Agnes
Classification Settlement (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Whiteadder Water, Bothwell Water
Canmore ID 57526
Site Number NT66SE 4
NGR NT 68041 63343
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57526
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Stenton (Berwickshire)
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County East Lothian
NT66SE 4 68040 63330
NT 682 632 Fort, St Agnes (Stenton). A curvilinear fort with double ramparts and ditches on the end of the spur that lies between the Whiteadder Water and the Bothwell Water, a quarter of a mile WNW of St Agnes. At some former time the Whiteadder has washed into the base of the spur at this point, and the ensuing landslips have destroyed the whole of the south side of the fort. It seems probable, however, that the work was oval on plan and measured internally 300ft from E to W by some 250ft from N to S. The ramparts which are still visible (just) on the ground at the W end of the fort, are 50ft apart measured from crest to crest, but their original widths can only be determined by excavation.
Visible on AP's (541/A/472: 3178-9; F64: 58/RAF/3262: 0194-5).
RCAHMS Marginal Lands MS, No.11, visited 1954
The site of this fort, at NT 6804 6333, is as described by the RCAHMS. There are no intelligible remains.
Visited by OS (RD) 25 April 1966.
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (4 June 1954)
Fort, St Agnes (Stenton).
A curvilinear fort with double ramparts and ditches on the end of a spur that lies between the Whiteadder Water and the Bothwell Water, a quarter of a mile WNW of St Agnes. At some former time the Whiteadder has washed into the base of the spur at this point, and the ensuring landslips have destroyed the whole of the S side of the fort. It seems probable, however, that the work was oval on plan and measured internally 300 ft from E to W by some 250 ft from N to S. The ramparts, which are still just visible on the ground at the W end of the fort, are 50 ft apart measured from crest to crest, but their original widths can only be determined by excavation (1).
(1) 541 A 472, 3178-9.
Information from RCAHMS (KAS) 4 June 1954.
Reference (1957)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1951-5)’ (RCAHMS 1957, xiv-xviii).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG), 24 October 2012.
Note (31 December 2015 - 18 May 2016)
Parchmarks in grass have revealed the site of a fort at the foot of the sloping ground dropping down into the low spur above St Agnes, utilising the steep escarpment the Whiteadder Water on the S. Probably oval on plan, traces of two ploughed-down ramparts are visible on the ground on the W, while the cropmarks reveal that their accompanying ditches are some 4m to 6m broad and are set 6m apart. The interior, which probably measures in the order of 90m from ESE to WNW by 55m transversely (0.43ha), is featureless and the position of the entrance is not known.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3904
Field Visit (3 March 2020)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
