Hillfort in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Black Meldon is a prehistoric site, a hillfort near the village of Lyne and about west of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is a Scheduled Monument.
The hillfort on the neighbouring hill White Meldon is about to the east, on the other side of Meldon Burn.
Description.
The hill has elevation . There is a gentle slope from the summit on the west side, steeper on other sides. The roughly oval fort on the summit is north–south and west–east, defined by a boundary wall, which is now a band of debris about wide. On the north, west and south sides there is the debris of an outer wall.
Within the fort, at least seven ring-groove houses exist, five lying in a straight line along the north-south axis, ranging from 7m to 10m in diameter. The feature is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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