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Latitude: 55.4857 / 55°29'8"N
Longitude: -2.8222 / 2°49'20"W
OS Eastings: 348137
OS Northings: 621626
OS Grid: NT481216
Mapcode National: GBR 85Q0.SC
Mapcode Global: WH7X7.MC9Y
Entry Name: Blackcastle Hill,earthwork
Scheduled Date: 9 October 1961
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM2141
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Ashkirk
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Selkirkshire
Traditional County: Roxburghshire
The site comprises the fragmentary remains of an earthwork which may date to the Iron Age. It consists of a fragment of a curving earth and stone bank with another length of bank along the south east side which has been reduced to no more than a scarp. The gap in the bank may indicate an entrance at this location. The bank is a maximum of 3m wide and 0.7m high and is located at the south west end of the summit of Blackcastle Hill.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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