Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . side Hill.—About 1J miles south of Cockburnspath,at the eastern extremity of the summit of Ewieside Hill, and at an INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS, ETC., IN COUNTY OF BERWICK. 27 Parish of Cockburnspath. elevation of some 800 feet above the sea, is an irregular circularenclosure (fig. 20) somewhat faceted on its southern arc measuring in itsgreatest interior diameter some 300 feet. It is surrounded by threeconcentric ramparts with two intervening trenches and a third trenchon the outside. The defences from the crest o
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . side Hill.—About 1J miles south of Cockburnspath,at the eastern extremity of the summit of Ewieside Hill, and at an INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS, ETC., IN COUNTY OF BERWICK. 27 Parish of Cockburnspath. elevation of some 800 feet above the sea, is an irregular circularenclosure (fig. 20) somewhat faceted on its southern arc measuring in itsgreatest interior diameter some 300 feet. It is surrounded by threeconcentric ramparts with two intervening trenches and a third trenchon the outside. The defences from the crest of the inner rampart tothe top of the counterscarp of the outermost trench measure 60 feetacross (at the west side). The innermost trench has a breadth of23 feet, the intermediate one 20 feet, and the outermost 17 innermost rampart slightly dominates the middle one: both from4 feet to 4 feet 6 inches high on the inner side; the outermost moundis somewhat less. This appears to be formed of earth and original entrance has been from the north-west; one from the ^. ?,,? ?i,>;,.?• ??> ?•>•» •^•vv<< \—^ 1/ run nVM \ 13 100 O IOO .200 mm\ 1 1- fit]. Fig. 20.—Fort, Ewieside Hill (No. 49). north-east is probably modern. Some 12 feet from its termination,on either side of the entrance, the inner rampart swings outward tomeet the middle rampart and closes the ends of the inner ditch, theends of the outer ditch remaining open. The entrance to the interiorappears to have been narrow, but the growth of heather obscures thedetails. About 16 feet to the west of the entrance a bank, some6 feet across, forms a traverse across the inner trench. The defencesare well preserved, excepting one portion, lying in a field to the south,which has been almost obliterated by cultivation. The interior onthe moor is overgrown with heather. To the north of the fort, alongthe edge of the steep bank descending to the low ground, runs anearthen mound for some 280
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