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Latitude: 55.8306 / 55°49'50"N
Longitude: -2.3758 / 2°22'32"W
OS Eastings: 376557
OS Northings: 659768
OS Grid: NT765597
Mapcode National: GBR C1V0.FR
Mapcode Global: WH8WV.GQW2
Entry Name: Cockburn Law, fort
Scheduled Date: 2 March 1961
Last Amended: 9 October 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM366
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Prehistoric ritual and
Location: Duns
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire
Traditional County: Berwickshire
The monument comprises a fort of later prehistoric date which is situated on the summit of Cockburn Law.
The fort is oval on plan and measures 110m by 85m internally within three earth and stone ramparts with two staggered entrances. On the E side a single low rampart follows the top of the steep natural hillslopes. A wide linear boulder spread which runs parallel to the foot of these slopes may be a further line of defence. A third entrance (on the S side of the fort) is approached by a terraced way. Within the interior, two level circular areas may be hut stances.
The area to be scheduled is oval on plan and measures 190m from N-S by 160m transversely, to include the fort and an area around in which evidence associated with its construction and use may survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a well-preserved field monument which has the potential to provide information about the nature and development of later prehistoric society: its architecture, land-use, economy and social structure.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is RCAHMS number NT 75 NE 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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