Archaeology Notes

Event ID 710994

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT12NE 4.02 151 277

NT 152 276. The foundations of several rectangular stone buildings extend over a distance of 200yds along the gently sloping ground at the foot of Lairdside Knowe, between the Stanhope Burn and Stone Grain Hope. The most distinct (1) measures 16ft by 10ft within a wall about 3ft 6in in thickness; the others vary in size from 20ft by 10ft to 10ft by 4ft within walls which now appear only as bands of rubble about 4ft in thickness. Two of the foundations (2,3) partly overlie a low stony bank enclosing a circular area some 22ft in diameter (4) which may be a single house of the kind associated with the early field systems at Glenrath Hope. An enclosure of irregular shape (5), measureing 160ft by 100ft within the last vestiges of a wall, lies at the southern limit of the group. The date and purpose of these remains are unknown. The platform A forms part of the unenclosed platform settlement described under NT12NE 1.

(Information from R W Feachem notebook 1960, 16)

RCAHMS 1967, visited 1960

NT 1522 2766. The fragmented remains of old banks and stone building foundations are as described. The circular bank (4) is probably a contemporary enclosure. It is doubtful if this is an early field-system and is more likely to be either a late or post-Medieval farmstead or a group of summer shielings.

Visited by OS (SFS) 19 November 1974