Northshield Rings is a prehistoric site, a hillfort near the village of Eddleston and about 6 miles (10 km) north of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland.
[1] The fort, on a rounded hill a short distance south of Portmore Loch, has well-preserved defences.
Within the inner enclosure, seven slight depressions have been found, of diameter 6–9 metres (20–30 ft), thought to be the sites of timber round-houses.
The outer ramparts are more substantial, with external quarry-ditches, providing a defence up to 20 metres (66 ft) deep.
It is thought that there were at least two phases of construction; it has been supposed, since the space between the inner rampart and the outer defences is up to 8 metres (26 ft) wide, which would not be there if defences had been strengthened working outwards, that the outer ramparts were built earlier.