Coquet Head
Scooped Settlement (Middle Iron Age)
Site Name Coquet Head
Classification Scooped Settlement (Middle Iron Age)
Canmore ID 251999
Site Number NT70NE 34
NGR NT 78599 08313
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/251999
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Oxnam
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Field Visit
NT70NE 34 78599 08313
This scooped settlement lies to the N of the River Coquet, near the foot of the flank of Coquet Head. The oval interior is dug into the slope on the N and measures 34.5m from E to W by 25m transversely within a bank spread to 3m in thickness and no more than 0.5m in height. There is a possible entrance in the SW side.
(Kale99 45)
Visited by RCAHMS (KB, MFTR) 2 November 1999
