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Quarter Wood Side
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Quarter Wood Side
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 49921
Site Number NT13SW 3
NGR NT 1006 3393
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49921
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Broughton, Glenholm And Kilbucho
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT13SW 3 1006 3393.
(NT 1006 3393) Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map, (1967).
An earthwork which measures 220ft by 200ft (67 by 60.9m) within double banks and a medial ditch. On the SE the inner bank is reduced to a mere scarp, but elsewhere it measures about 6ft in height externaly, measured from the bottom of the ditch, and about 3ft (0.91m) in height internally. Except on the SW, the outer bank has been entirely removed by former cultivation, while on the E and SE on either side of the entrance, all traces of the ditch have likewise been obliterated.
The only feature in the interior is a very broad, low, stony bank, possibly the remains of a wall, which lies at a distance varying between 10ft (3.04m) and 25ft (7.6m) inside the northern half of the inner bank. No further traces of this could be distinguished among the undergrowth and fallen trees that obscured the interior of the earthwork on the date of visit.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1957.
The earthwork is generally as described. Dense afforestation has now obliterated any internal features apart from slight indications of a broad bank as described by RCAHMS. The earthwork occupies a non- defensive position and is likely to be a settlement.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (IA) 29 August 1972.
Reference (1957)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1951-5)’ (RCAHMS 1957, xiv-xviii).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG), 24 October 2012.
Note (12 October 2015 - 18 October 2016)
This fort or fortified settlement is situated on a low hillock formed by shallow gullies draining the broad E spur of Quarter Wood Side. Oval on plan, it measures about 67m from NW to SE by 53m transversely (0.3ha) within twin ramparts with a medial ditch. though the outer rampart has largely been obliterated by ploughing, surviving only on the SW and NW, and little trace of the ditch can be seen on the SE. Nevertheless, where best preserved the inner rampart stands 0.9m above the level of the interior and 1.8m above the bottom of the ditch, which is in the order of 6m in breadth. The entrance is on the E and the only feature visible within the interior is an oval enclosure formed by a low stony bank; only the N arc of this enclosure appears on the plan drawn up by RCAHMS investigators in 1957 (RCAHMS 1967, 191, no.454, fig 207), but oblique aerial photographs taken more recently reveal its complete circuit, measuring internally about 50m from NW to SE by 32m transversely (0.15ha).
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 October 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3618
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
