Hawkshaw
Unenclosed Platform Settlement(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Hawkshaw
Classification Unenclosed Platform Settlement(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Little Dod; Chapel Burn
Canmore ID 48470
Site Number NT01NE 4
NGR NT 0844 1963
NGR Description NT 0844 1963 to NT 0875 1971
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48470
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Tweedsmuir
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT01NE 4 0844 1963 to 0875 1971
NT 085 197 & NT 087 197: Two pairs of hut platforms, 100 yds apart, lie on the E flank of Little Dod. The S pair measure 35' and 60' in width respectively, and the N pair are both 40'.
On the other side of Chapel Burn, on the N face of The Bank are six hut platforms in line. Two are 35' wide, one 40', one 45' and two 50'.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1962.
NT 0844 1963. The S pair of house platforms measure 10.0m and 18.0m in diameter. Each is slightly built up on the lower side but neither has a distinct entrance.
To the N are other slight depressions but none is characteristic of a house platform.
NT 0875 1971. On the E side of Chapel Burn just above the Fruid Reservoir are two house platforms 12.0m and 15.0m in diameter. There are other surface irregu- larities in the vicinity but none is certainly a house site. It seems likely that the remaining four houses mentioned by RCAHMS lie below the level of the new reservoir.
Surveyed at 1/10560.
Visited by OS (J P), 12 November 1974.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council