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Hillside Knowe,settlement,Glentress

A Scheduled Monument in Tweeddale East, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

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

Statement of Scheduling

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

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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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