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Machan's Cleuch
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Machan's Cleuch
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Preston Hill
Canmore ID 48706
Site Number NT03SE 1
NGR NT 0945 3223
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48706
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Broughton, Glenholm And Kilbucho
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT03SE 1 0945 3223.
(NT 0945 3223) Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map, (1967).
On level ground near the right bank of the Holms Water there is an earthwork which measures 150' by 140' within two stony grass-grown banks. On the NW side the public road has been driven across both banks, while part of the outer bank has been destroyed by river erosion. A short stretch of an older road, now appearing as a shallow grassy hollow, lies between the earthwork and the river bank on the NW.
The inner bank stands to a height of about 3' and measures about 10' in thickness. On either side of the entrance, which is on the ENE, the terminals are expanded; and although the purpose of these expansions can only be determined by excavation, it is possible that they supported gatehouses of the kind found at Harehope (NT24SW 5)The outer bank is of similar appearance to the inner one. In addition to the sectors that have been destroyed by the agencies already mentioned, the E part has been obliterated by former cultivation. The interior of the earthwork is featureless.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1956; D Christison 1887.
Generally as described by RCAHMS. The non-defensive position, and nature of its construction, indicates that this is a settlement.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(WJ) 2 March 1964 and (DWR) 7 September 1972.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
