Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . (OO zoo n ffCCJ Fig. 50.—Fort, Coldingham Loch (No. 88). circle with an interior diameter of 23 feet, surrounded by a banksome 5 feet broad; and to the south of it, abutting on the east side,is another similar foundation. See Antiquaries, xxix. p. 173 (plan). , Ber., v. NE. and vi. NW. Visited 27th August 1908. 89. Fort, do.—This enclosure (fig. 51) is situated about J milesouth of the signal station on St Abbs Head, at an elevation of some250 feet above sea-level, and occupies the north-west end of a ro
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . (OO zoo n ffCCJ Fig. 50.—Fort, Coldingham Loch (No. 88). circle with an interior diameter of 23 feet, surrounded by a banksome 5 feet broad; and to the south of it, abutting on the east side,is another similar foundation. See Antiquaries, xxix. p. 173 (plan). , Ber., v. NE. and vi. NW. Visited 27th August 1908. 89. Fort, do.—This enclosure (fig. 51) is situated about J milesouth of the signal station on St Abbs Head, at an elevation of some250 feet above sea-level, and occupies the north-west end of a rocky. Fig. 51.—Fort, Coldingham Loch (No. 89). knoll which rises to a height of some 40 feet from a cultivated field. Itis enclosed by a single rampart of earth and stone, following on threesides the contour and crossing the summit on the fourth. It is ovalin form, measuring from crest to crest of rampart 178 feet by 90 feet,and has its entrance from the south-east. To the left of the entrancethe rampart is about 4 feet in height above the level of the the steep slope at the north end are two conspicuous terraces 9 feet 52 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. Parish of Coldingham. wide. There are visible in the interior several somewhat indefinitefoundations, and apparently a circular one on the right of the entranceand another nearer the centre. There are also a number of moundsand hollows of indeterminate character outside on the slope from thesouth-east, probably due to quarrying. See Antiquaries, xxix. p. 172 (plan). , Ber., v. NE. and vi. NW. Visited 27th Aug
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