Fort and Hut-Circles on the Upper Whitadder. 



By James Hewat Craw, West Foulden, Berwick-on-Tweed. 



About a mile to the East of the farm steading of Priestlaw, 

 there lie on opposite sides of the Whitadder a fort and a 

 group of hut-circles, neither of which seems to have been 

 already figured. 



The fort is situated on the right bank of the stream, some 

 100 feet above it, and about 800 feet above sea-level. The 

 position is naturally strong. To the North a steep bank 

 descends towards the Whitadder, and the Killmade Burn which 

 here forms the boundary between Berwickshire and East 

 Lothian, flows in a ravine to the East, giving its name to the 

 fort. From the South the ground slopes down slightly to 

 the fort. 



From crest to crest of the inner rampart the fort measures 

 136 yards from North to South, and 95 yards from East to 

 West. 



The ramparts consist of earth and stones taken from the 

 trenches, but they have probably been strengthened by more 

 stones from a distance, as in parts the trenches are of slight 

 depth. At the North side, along the top of the bank, there 

 is little or no sign of a rampart on the inner side of the 

 first trench, but beyond the trench are two ramparts separated 

 by a trench. 



The inner rampart is traceable for some distance along the 

 East side, but there the third rampart is obliterated, there 

 being but a faint trace of its former course. From the South 

 end of the fort, along the West side, there are four ramparts, 

 with a trench beyond each. The third rampart is the highest ; 

 the second is much lower than those on either side of it, and 

 does not appear to the South of the South- West entrance. 



