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Spindlestone Heughs Defended Settlement
An Iron Age multivallate defended settlement above the Whin Sill Crags at Spindlestone Heughs.
It is located on a naturally defensive position which takes advantage of the cliff edges formed by Spindlestone Heughs to the south east. The western edge is marked by a gully which runs from the cliff edge of the Heughs in a north west direction. The settlement is rectangular in shape and has two annexes on the north and west sides, the whole measures 150m east-west by 94m north-south. The north and west sides of the main enclosure are defined by two ramparts and the east side by a single rampart.
List Entry Number: 1014745 Link
History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (1924) Vol. 25 p.194-195; 197-198 Link
It is located on a naturally defensive position which takes advantage of the cliff edges formed by Spindlestone Heughs to the south east. The western edge is marked by a gully which runs from the cliff edge of the Heughs in a north west direction. The settlement is rectangular in shape and has two annexes on the north and west sides, the whole measures 150m east-west by 94m north-south. The north and west sides of the main enclosure are defined by two ramparts and the east side by a single rampart.
List Entry Number: 1014745 Link
History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (1924) Vol. 25 p.194-195; 197-198 Link
Created: Sat, 13 Dec 2014, Updated: Sat, 20 Dec 2014
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