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Tower Farm West
Earthwork (Prehistoric)
Site Name Tower Farm West
Classification Earthwork (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Cockburnspath
Canmore ID 58723
Site Number NT76NE 16
NGR NT 7820 6918
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58723
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Cockburnspath
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT76NE 16 7820 6918.
(NT 7820 6918) Earthwork (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1977).
This 'fort' is situated on a rocky knoll, partly quarried on the W, some 500 yds SW of Tower farm (480ft OD). It has been oval on plan, measuring some 120ft by 100ft within a single stony rampart, supplemented by a short outer mound to the W, where the ground is more level. The entrance has been from the E along the edge of a steep bank, flanked on the N by a projection of the rampart. A terrace lies on the slope of the bank below the entrance. (See RCAHMS 1915 plan, fig.28).
RCAHMS 1915, visited 1912.
This fort remains substantially as shown on plan. The short outer mound to the W is much reduced and measures 3.5m wide and 0.2m high. The stony rampart to the main enclosure is much spread, and measures 6.0m average width to the S and 7.0m average width to the N, with an average internal height of 1.0m. The enclosure is in a strong defensive position.
Visited by OS(JFC) 27 October 1954.
This earthwork is generally as described by the previous authorities. The quarry on the NW side has encroached on to the site to a greater extent than is shown on the existing plan.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS(WDJ) 27 April 1966.
Field Visit (April 1912)
62. Fort, Tower Farm (West Fort).
This fort (fig. 28 [DP 225402]) lies on a rocky knoll, partly quarried on the west, some 500 yards south-west of Tower Farm, ¼ mile west of No. 61 [NT76NE 8] and at an elevation of some 480 feet above sea-level. It has been a small irregular oval measuring interiorly some 120 feet by 100 feet, surrounded by a single stony rampart supplemented by a short outer mound to the west where the ground is more level. The entrance has been from the. east along the edge of the steep bank, flanked on the north by a projection of the rampart. On the slope of the bank below the entrance lies a terrace.
RCAHMS 1915, visited April 1912
OS Map: Ber., iv. NE. (unnoted).
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
