Fala Knowe
Military Installation (20th Century)
Site Name Fala Knowe
Classification Military Installation (20th Century)
Canmore ID 275818
Site Number NT26NW 454
NGR NT 22276 65633
NGR Description NT 22276 65633
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275818
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT26NW 454 22276 65633
An installation of unknown function associated with military training in this part of the Pentlands lies in boggy ground between Fala Knowe to the E and Capelaw Hill to the W. It comprises a circular enclosure, measuring 11.6m in diameter within a ditch 1m in breadth and 0.6m in depth, from which three short lengths of ditch extend out to three smaller circular ditched features on the E, SSW and NW respectively. Each of the smaller features measures about 2.5m in internal diameter and, like the interior of the larger central enclosure, each appears to enclose a hard stony layer beneath the thin cover of heather-grown peat.
(CDTA05 24)
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 25 May 2005.
