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Latitude: 55.6794 / 55°40'45"N
Longitude: -3.0492 / 3°2'57"W
OS Eastings: 334118
OS Northings: 643376
OS Grid: NT341433
Mapcode National: GBR 724R.NX
Mapcode Global: WH7W5.4H7Z
Entry Name: Hillside Knowe,settlement,Glentress
Scheduled Date: 13 November 1968
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM2731
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Innerleithen
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Tweeddale East
Traditional County: Peeblesshire
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. The defences will contain evidence for the nature and date of construction, while the interior will provide evidence for the nature of internal occupation and organisation.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as NT 34 SW 3.
References:
RCAHMS 1967, PEEBLESSHIRE: AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS, 2v, Edinburgh: HMSO, 77-78, fig. 19.
Ritchie A 1970, 'Palisaded sites in North Britain: their context and affinities', SCOTTISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL FORUM, Vol. 2, 58.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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