Field Visit
Date 15 December 1998
Event ID 1011209
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1011209
This scooped settlement is situated in the NE corner of the possible annexe to the fort on Dunsapie Crag (NT27SE 49). It measures 28m by 19m within a wall reduced to a stony bank 3.5m in thickness and 0.8m in height, and the interior has been cut into the hillside to a depth of 3m. One circular platform is visible in the S part of the interior, and what may be the remains of another, suggested only by a shallow back-scarp, lies immediately adjacent to the N. The entrance to the settlement is on the E. On the E, the bank forming the E side of the annexe appears to overlie the perimeter of the settlement, although the entrance shows no signs of having been blocked.
The settlement is plotted at 1:5,550 on an archaeological map of Holyrood Park (RCAHMS 1999).
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 15 December 1998.
NMRS, MS/726/96 (45-6, no. 24); RCAHMS 1999.
