Milkieston Rings | |
Map Type: | Scotland Scottish Borders |
Map Size: | 200px |
Location: | Near Eddleston, Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.7011°N -3.1981°W |
Gbgridref: | NT 248 459 |
Designation1: | Scheduled Monument |
Designation1 Number: | SM2416 |
Epochs: | Iron Age |
Milkieston Rings is a prehistoric site, a hillfort near the village of Eddleston and about 3miles north of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is a Scheduled Monument.
The fort is on Milkieston Hill, a broad spur projecting north-west from Cavarra Hill. There has been quarrying and stone-robbing of the site, such that interpretation is difficult; two or three phases of construction have been suggested.
There are two inner ramparts, which are now low stony banks; the innermost encloses a space about north-north-west to south-south-east by, an area of . About a quarter of the interior of the fort has been severely damaged by quarrying; there are traces of two probable house-platforms in the remaining part. There are three or four outer ramparts, built subsequently.