Kip Knowe

NT82SW 39 from 83817 23230 to 83819 23208

NT 8381 2321. An enclosure measuring 25.0m diameter, and formed by an earth and stone bank spread to 4.0m and 0.9m high on the S segment. No entrance or internal features were noted. The enclosure is scooped into the slope on its S side, and is thickly covered with bracken.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 23 August 1960.

(NT 83816 23218) Enclosure (NR)

OS 6" map, (1962).

A near circular slightly scooped enclosure as described in the report of 23 August 1960. Detailed investigation was not possible as this feature falls in an area of afforestation.

Visited by OS (TRG) 12 August 1976.

The OS (1960; NMRS record card) recorded a scooped enclosure on the NW flank of Kip Knowe between two watercourses at the head of the Atton Burn. The enclosure, which could not be located in dense forestry, lies towards the upper limit of a moderately steep slope with a steep slope, covered by contour cultivation (NT82SW 39), rising behind.

The 1960 account describes an enclosure measuring 25m in diameter defined by an earth and stone bank spread up to 4m and surviving up to 0.9m in height on the S segment. At the time thick bracken cover obscured the interior and neither an entrance nor any internal features were detected.

Information from RJ Mercer (University of Edinburgh) 24 March 1987

RCAHMS MS 2598. No. 13/140