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Field Visit
Date 16 October 1997
Event ID 577508
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/577508
NT 9108 6940 As part of the survey conducted by Headland Archaeology Ltd on behalf of the National Trust for Scotland on its land at and near St Abb's Head, mentioned above (S Carter 1997), this site was examined and recorded. Headland Archeology Ltd say that the site is as previously described, a substantial rock-cut ditch with a fragmentary mortared stone wall cuts off a promontory which contains a large rectangular stone foundation and at least two other possible building platforms. The site was plotted in detail by Ainslie in 1782 (Plan of Northfield, Scottish Record Office RHP 43284) and the principle surviving fragment of mortared enclosure wall was clearly the only visible portion of that wall even then. The promontory is well vegetated with a stable grass cover, the most substantial visible fragment of the mortared enclosure wall is undermined and must be at some risk of collpse. Furthermore there is an active erosion scar adjacent to this fragment. Some rabbit burrows were noted at the outer end of the promontory, beyond the hall, but they do not appear to be a significant issue but should be monitored.
Sponsors: National Trust for Scotland and Historic Scotland
NMRS MS/899/44 (Headland Archaeology Ltd. 16/10/1997)
