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Latitude: 55.6891 / 55°41'20"N
Longitude: -2.6118 / 2°36'42"W
OS Eastings: 361635
OS Northings: 644127
OS Grid: NT616441
Mapcode National: GBR B26N.CG
Mapcode Global: WH8XH.V8GH
Entry Name: Knock Hill,fort
Scheduled Date: 26 March 1987
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4440
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Gordon
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Leaderdale and Melrose
Traditional County: Berwickshire
The monument is a hillfort of the Iron Age, occupying the summit of Knock Hill. It measures approximately 114m by 52m within twin ramparts. The approach to the fort is steep on all but the E side. The ramparts survive only as low banks. The entrance is at the E. There is the certain site of the stance of one timber house. Other faint circular depressions probably mark the sites of others.
An area measuring 225m (E-W) x 125m transversely is proposed for scheduling, to include the fort and an area around it in which the remains of ancillary activities may survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance to the theme of Iron Age defence and settlement. It is well preserved; as in other cases the slightness of the remains of the ramparts probably reflects the need only for low walls on all but the easy E approach. The interior seems undisturbed, except for limited quarrying on the W and the insertion of an Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar. At least one house stance survives of which its study would be of importance to the study of Iron Age domestic structures.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the site as NT 64 SW 8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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