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Latitude: 55.4646 / 55°27'52"N
Longitude: -2.3003 / 2°18'0"W
OS Eastings: 381112
OS Northings: 619016
OS Grid: NT811190
Mapcode National: GBR D5C7.SX
Mapcode Global: WH8YM.MXV4
Entry Name: Craik Moor,palisaded settlement,fort and cultivation remains
Scheduled Date: 31 December 1961
Last Amended: 11 January 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM2156
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded settlement
Location: Morebattle
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Kelso and District
Traditional County: Roxburghshire
The monument comprises a palisaded settlement (of four phases) if the late Bronze Age/Iron Age, a fort of two phases of the Iron Age and spade-dug cultivation terraces known as Cord Rig, contemporary with part of the occupation of the site. Stratigraphic relationships between the defensive features and houses, between houses and between the settlement and cord rig, clearly survive. The scheduled area now includes the cord rig field system. The cord rig, the palisades and the house stances are relatively slight features which could easily be destroyed.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its field characteristics and because of the probably excellent preservation of archaeological remains and relationships. It is of national importance to the themes of Late Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement, defence and agricultural economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS record the site as NT81NW 6.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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