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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 710809
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/710809
NT13SW 19 1304 3059.
(NT 1304 3059) Homestead (NR)
OS 6" map, (1967).
This homestead, on the NW flank of Hopekist Rig, comprises two house platforms and a sunken court, with no surface traces of an enclosing palisade or bank. The larger platform is 33' (10.1m) in diameter, and the smaller 27' (8.2m); each has a low crescentic scarp in the NE sector. The margins of the platforms are covered with loose stones, the significance of which can only be determined by excavation. The sunken court, which lies immediately below the house-platforms, measures 38' x 25' (11.6 by 7.6m) and is excavated to a maximum depth of 6' (1.8m) on the upper side.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1956.
A homestead as described.
Visited by OS (RDL) 16 March 1964 and (BS) 25 November 1974
