The Rig
Unenclosed Platform Settlement (Prehistoric)
Site Name The Rig
Classification Unenclosed Platform Settlement (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 48553
Site Number NT02SE 36
NGR NT 0870 2205
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48553
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Tweedsmuir
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT02SE 36 0870 2205.
NT 087 220: Two hut platforms, one occupied by a stell and one entirely obliterated by the public road, both 40' wide.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1960
NT 0870 2205: Only one platform is surveyable, the other having now been entirely obliterated by road-widening.
Surveyed at 1/10 560.
Visited by OS (BS) 30 October 1974
Field Visit (2007)
NT 08845 22126 Inspection of de-forested ground on the E side of the Fruid valley which contained a series of previously recorded unenclosed platform settlements revealed a few small cairns interspersed between the platforms. A chert barb and tang arrowhead was found higher uphill.
T Ward 2007
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
