Field Visit
Date March 1981
Event ID 1137163
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1137163
Gibb's Hill NY 308 841 NY38SW
On the summit of Gibb's Hill there is a palisaded settlement of at least three constructional phases which succeeded an unenclosed homestead. The homestead is situated immediately W of the summit and comprises at least two timber house-sites, one of which is of ring-ditch type with a baffle wall at its entrance. Subsequently an area measuring 60m by 53m on the top of the hill was enclosed by a single palisade accompanied on the N and W by a low bank and external ditch. This was superseded by a double palisade enclosing an area measuring 57m by 42m, and finally a second double palisade was constructed to enclose an area measuring 45m by 31 m. Both double palisades have entrances with hairpin terminals on the SE. Associated with the palisaded enclosures there are at least seven timber house-sites, three of which probably belong to the final phase of occupation. Immediately to the SSW there are intermittent traces of slight rigs (up to 1.4m broad and 0.2m high) over an area of 0.5ha.
RCAHMS 1981, visited March 1981
