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Big Chesters

Pit Setting (prehistoric)
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Recorded parish
Cockburnspath
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What is recorded here

Big Chesters is a pit setting in Scottish Borders, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 360603

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  • Dave Kelly, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Big Chesters, BowshielFort (later Prehistoric), Linear Earthwork (iron Age) (possible), Settlement (late Iron Age) · 142 ydComputer-made pictureBowshielEnclosure (prehistoric) · 225 ydComputer-made pictureLittle Chesters, BowshielEnclosed Settlement (later Prehistoric) · 259 ydComputer-made picturePenmanshiel TunnelRailway Tunnel (19th Century) · 511 ydPease BurnBuilding(s) (post Medieval) · 558 ydBowshiel WoodWood · 653 ydBlackburnrigMountain / peak · 1561 ydGowel WoodForest · 1.2 miEwieside HilMountain / peak · 1.4 miComputer-made pictureOld CambusNo Class (event) · 1.5 miOutdoor CentreChildren's playground · 1.5 miComputer-made pictureBattle of PiperdeanBattle · 1.9 mi

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