Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . Hill, at anelevation of some 1050 feet above sea-level, and some 200 feet aboveKelphope Burn, are the remains of a small oval fort, surrounded bya single rampart of stone some 2 to 3 feet high, measuring interiorlysome 105 feet by 78 feet. It has been entered from the south-east. , Ber., vii. SE. (unnoted). Visited June 1910. 225. Fort, Kelphope Burn.—Situated on the top of a spur whichprojects into the Glen on the east side of the Kelphope Burn, 120 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. Parish of
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . Hill, at anelevation of some 1050 feet above sea-level, and some 200 feet aboveKelphope Burn, are the remains of a small oval fort, surrounded bya single rampart of stone some 2 to 3 feet high, measuring interiorlysome 105 feet by 78 feet. It has been entered from the south-east. , Ber., vii. SE. (unnoted). Visited June 1910. 225. Fort, Kelphope Burn.—Situated on the top of a spur whichprojects into the Glen on the east side of the Kelphope Burn, 120 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. Parish of Lauder. directly above the Hazeldean Wood and about 1J miles above thejunction of the Hillhouse and Kelphope Burns, at an elevation ofabout 1000 feet above sea-level and 200 feet above the burn, is whatappears to have been a circular or oval fort (fig. 112) with an interiordiameter of about 223 feet, but the outline is indefinite. Towards theeast end of the spur is a well-defined rampart, measuring 122 feetalong its crest, 6 feet high towards the outside, and about 2 feet high. FJ Fig. 112.—Fort, Kelphope Burn (No. 225). on the inside. In rear of it is a trench or hollow 36 feet across, andin front of it the low and indefinite semblance of a second mounds are visible on the north and south flanks, but are nottraceable at the western extremity. In the interior is an elevated ridgeof rock showing various depressions of considerable size on eitherside, but probably natural. Down the north flank a well-definedtrack leads to the Kelphope Burn. The flanks and end of the spurare steep and by nature easily defensible. , Ber., xiii. NE. (unnoted). Visited 16th October 1908. Sepulchral Constructions. 226. Stone Circle, Borroivstoun Big.—This stone circle (fig. 113) issituated on the Borrowstoun Eig, about 1 mile north-east of the summitof Dabshood, and about 150 yards to the north-east of a stone-builtsheep-fold. It has a diameter of about 150 feet by 140 feet, an
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