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Latest revision as of 23:17, 21 December 2016
Kaim Knowe is a hillside area at the edge of the Cheviot Hills in Roxburghshire, a mile and a half west of the ridge marking the boundary with Northumberland. The Kaim Burn runs down here, shortly to join the Bowmont Water.
- Map: NT85512000
- Location map: 55°28’25"N, 2°13’51"W
Archaeology
The significance of the place is in its archaeology. There are the earthworks of a fort with attendant village on a spur to the west and others on neighbouring hills and spurs.
On Kaim Knowe itself the remains have been found of a round-ended building of unknown date, apparently from an ancient farmstead, and the remains of stock enclosures and field boundaries have ben traced also.[1]
The structure found comprises three chambers and measures 50 feet from north-west to south-east and up to 16 feet across within the walls, themselves three feet thick.