A well preserved redoubt or gun platform, was was traditionally held to have been erected here by the Scots in 1513 in advance of the battle of Flodden Field. However, fieldwork by the Flodden500 project in 2012-15 has confirmed that the hill is the site of an Iron Age/Roman period enclosure. No structures indicative of artillery positions were found and there is no archaeological evidence for a Scottish presence on the hill in 1513.