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Fox Covert, Ayton

Pit Alignment (Prehistoric)

Site Name Fox Covert, Ayton

Classification Pit Alignment (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 60221

Site Number NT96SW 32

NGR NT 90977 61982

NGR Description NT 9081 6183 to NT 9116 6209

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Ayton
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Berwickshire
  • Former County Berwickshire

Archaeology Notes

NT96SW 32 9081 6183 to 9116 6209

NT 908 618 to NT 911 620. Cropmarks reveal a pit-alignment which runs for about 400m from NE to SW across a gentle S-facing slope. Two parallel ditches, about 40m apart, which cross the pit-alignment at NT 909 619, are the boundary ditches of a former shelter-belt.

RCAHMS 1980, visited 1979.

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Visibility: This site is visible as a cropmark.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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