Chester Crane camp (Ord)
(NT 967514) Camp [LB]. (1)
Canny Shiel. Hill fort with multiple ramparts Enclosed area approximately 4-1/4 acres. (2)
'The 'promontory fort' at Canny Shiel, with its wide berm, reminiscent of the medieval earthwork at Lintalee, (a) Roxburgh, and its flat-bottomed ditch with two large mounds astride the north-east entrance is quite out of keeping with the normal defensive system of Iron Age forts in the area and must fall into a later context'. (3)
The earthwork is generally as described, and the remains are well preserved. It is sited in a position of some natural strength, which but for the points noted above, would suggest that it was a promontory fort. The remains however are much more substantial than those normally classified in this area as prehistoric. See illustration card. There is no obvious indication of the purpose of this earthwork, though the occurrence of the name Canny Shiel (ie shieling) suggests a medieval association. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (4)
An Iron Age promontory fort or medieval enclosure is visible as an earthwork on air photographs centred at NT 9673 5149. The site is formed by two banks separated by a berm of around 8m with an external ditch. Only the south-eastern side is visible. (5)
NT 967 515. Chester Crane camp. Scheduled No ND/350. (6)
Additional reference. (7)
Canny Shiel. Hill fort with multiple ramparts Enclosed area approximately 4-1/4 acres. (2)
'The 'promontory fort' at Canny Shiel, with its wide berm, reminiscent of the medieval earthwork at Lintalee, (a) Roxburgh, and its flat-bottomed ditch with two large mounds astride the north-east entrance is quite out of keeping with the normal defensive system of Iron Age forts in the area and must fall into a later context'. (3)
The earthwork is generally as described, and the remains are well preserved. It is sited in a position of some natural strength, which but for the points noted above, would suggest that it was a promontory fort. The remains however are much more substantial than those normally classified in this area as prehistoric. See illustration card. There is no obvious indication of the purpose of this earthwork, though the occurrence of the name Canny Shiel (ie shieling) suggests a medieval association. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (4)
An Iron Age promontory fort or medieval enclosure is visible as an earthwork on air photographs centred at NT 9673 5149. The site is formed by two banks separated by a berm of around 8m with an external ditch. Only the south-eastern side is visible. (5)
NT 967 515. Chester Crane camp. Scheduled No ND/350. (6)
Additional reference. (7)
N2442
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1967; E C Waight
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Till Tweed NMP 2003; English Heritage
FIELD SURVEY, Chester Crane Camp ; Historic England and Wessex Archaeology
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Till Tweed NMP 2003; English Heritage
FIELD SURVEY, Chester Crane Camp ; Historic England and Wessex Archaeology
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