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Latitude: 55.487 / 55°29'13"N
Longitude: -2.2784 / 2°16'42"W
OS Eastings: 382504
OS Northings: 621497
OS Grid: NT825214
Mapcode National: GBR D4JZ.JX
Mapcode Global: WH8YM.ZB6Z
Entry Name: Attonburn,settlement 1300m SE of
Scheduled Date: 13 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4997
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Morebattle
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Kelso and District
Traditional County: Roxburghshire
The monument is an enclosed settlement occupying a slight hollow on the end of the spur that projects NW from White Law. It is almost circular measuring 56m by 50m in external diameter, across a single low bank. There are the remains of seven or eight circular houses in the interior, ranging between 6m and 8.5m in diameter. The area to be scheduled measures 100m in diameter, to include the settlement and an area around it in which traces of activity associated with its use may survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a very well-preserved prehistoric settlement with excellent field characteristics, which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of the design and use of prehistoric settlement sites. It is of particular importance because of the survival of other prehistoric monuments in the area; taken together they have the potential to increase our knowledge of the development and use of the farmed landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NT82SW 3.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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