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Latitude: 55.5034 / 55°30'12"N
Longitude: -2.2785 / 2°16'42"W
OS Eastings: 382507
OS Northings: 623330
OS Grid: NT825233
Mapcode National: GBR D4JT.J0
Mapcode Global: WH8YF.ZX5W
Entry Name: Shoulder Hill,homestead
Scheduled Date: 13 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4999
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Morebattle
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Kelso and District
Traditional County: Roxburghshire
The monument is a homestead containing the remains of at least three circular houses surrounded by a palisade, the trench of which survives as a shallow ditch 0.3m wide and 0.15m deep. The enclosure measures c. 26m across and c. 75m long at its greatest extent. The area to be scheduled measures 120m in diameter to include the palisade and
an area around in which traces of activities 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 well preserved palisaded homestead, with evidence of more than one phase of use, which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement. It is of particular importance because of the survival in the area of other prehistoric settlements; together they have the potential to increase considerably our knowledge of the development and use of the landscape in prehistory.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NT82SW 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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