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Field Visit
Date 31 May 1954
Event ID 926201
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/926201
Settlement, Soon Hope Burn, Harelaw.
Although the Inventory describes it as a fort, this structure is actually a settlement. The wall has been of boulder-faced rubble construction, but the facings have been robbed and the width of the resulting mound is some 12 ft. The original wall was no doubt narrower. The ditch is purely for drainage, and the outer bank is hypothetical. The interior is scooped on two levels, the lower half, on the entrance side, forming one continuous court, while the upper level is divided by unexcavated baulks into three compartments, of which the central and SW members were almost certainly occupied by huts opening on to the lower court. No definite hut foundations are however visible. The work is probably Romano-British but could be medieval.
Visited by RCAHMS (KAS) 31 May 1954.
