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Latitude: 55.4911 / 55°29'27"N
Longitude: -3.478 / 3°28'40"W
OS Eastings: 306714
OS Northings: 622910
OS Grid: NT067229
Mapcode National: GBR 444Y.TF
Mapcode Global: WH5TN.K71T
Entry Name: Glenwhappen Rig, palisaded enclosure 1450m NE of Glenbreck
Scheduled Date: 16 November 1976
Last Amended: 17 May 1994
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM3865
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure
Location: Tweedsmuir
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Tweeddale West
Traditional County: Peeblesshire
The monument comprises a palisaded enclosure which occupies the summit of an isolated knoll on Glenwhappen Rig, set within a large forestry clearing.
On the E, S and W flanks of the knoll the ground falls away steeply, but the NW is more gently inclined. The enclosure measures 70m by 38m within a palisade appearing as a shallow groove between 0.6 to 0.9m wide. The entrance is on the NE. The interior is covered with heather, peat and coarse grass and no other features are visible.
The area to be scheduled is oval on plan and measures 100m from NNE to SSW by 70m transversely, to include the settlement and an area around in which associated remains are likely to survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it has the potential to provide information about later prehistoric timber architecture and the organisation and development of society.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NT 02 SE 40.
References:
RCAHMS (1967) 'Inventory of Peeblesshire', No. 198.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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