Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . *>* t. 100 o IOO <goo-! 1. PI Fig. 146.—Fort, Habchester (No. 270). of the intermediate ditch, while the crest of the scarp of the outer-most rampart is 9 feet 6 inches above the bottom of the outer ditch, andthat of the counterscarp 6 feet 6 inches (fig. 147). In rear of the innerrampart is a zone, about 12 feet wide, of low mounds and hollows ofirregular shapes, beyond which lies a continuous depression. Theentrance has been at the east end, where the two ramparts its longest axis the for
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . *>* t. 100 o IOO <goo-! 1. PI Fig. 146.—Fort, Habchester (No. 270). of the intermediate ditch, while the crest of the scarp of the outer-most rampart is 9 feet 6 inches above the bottom of the outer ditch, andthat of the counterscarp 6 feet 6 inches (fig. 147). In rear of the innerrampart is a zone, about 12 feet wide, of low mounds and hollows ofirregular shapes, beyond which lies a continuous depression. Theentrance has been at the east end, where the two ramparts its longest axis the fort has measured in the interior some300 feet. The ramparts appear to be of earth and stone. See Antiquaries, xxix. p. 169 (illus.); Carrs Coldingham, p. 7;Christison, p. 142. , Ber., xii. SW. Visited 4th August 1908. Ancient and Historical Monuments— County of Berwick.
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