Bennison's Brae
Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bennison's Brae
Classification Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 60151
Site Number NT96NW 18
NGR NT 92763 65360
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60151
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Coldingham
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT96NW 18 NT 92763 65360
(NT 9277 6538) Cropmarks reveal a double-ditched coastal promontory fort measuring about 35m by 25m internally. It is not visible on the ground.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1979.
Note (18 February 2016 - 18 May 2016)
Cropmarks have revealed the site of a fort enclosing the stub of a promontory jutting out from Bennison's Brae a short way E of the mouth of the Abbey Burn. The defences comprise two ditches drawn in a shallow arc that meets the cliffs to either side well beyond the present margins of the promontory. The ditches are set about 5m apart, the inner measuring up to 4m in breadth and the outer 3m. They converge slightly towards the NW, but it is not clear whether the entrance was at this end of the arc or at the other. The area within the ditches measures about 40m in length from NE to SW by a maximum of 45m in breadth, though erosion has reduced the surviving area of the interior to no more than 0.1ha.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC4128
Sbc Note
Visibility: This site is visible as a cropmark.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
