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Latitude: 55.488 / 55°29'16"N
Longitude: -2.2444 / 2°14'39"W
OS Eastings: 384656
OS Northings: 621601
OS Grid: NT846216
Mapcode National: GBR D4RZ.XJ
Mapcode Global: WH9ZS.HBH6
Entry Name: Sourhope,unenclosed platform settlement 1400m N of
Scheduled Date: 29 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4889
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: platform settlement
Location: Morebattle
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Kelso and District
Traditional County: Roxburghshire
The monument is an unenclosed platform settlement of the Bronze Age, some 3000 years old, comprising the remains of at least three platforms - the stances of round houses. The platforms measure up to 8m across. A modern sheep stell probably masks a further platform. The area to be scheduled measures 105m in diameter, to include the scoops and an area around in which traces of activities associated with their use will survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved platform settlement which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement. It is of particular importance because of the proximity of other, larger examples of this type of monument, and of other types of prehistoric settlement. Taken together they have the potential to add to our knowledge of the development and use of the prehistoric landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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