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Ven Law
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ven Law
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Venlaw Castle Hotel; Hunter's Rock Plantation; Cistern Strip
Canmore ID 51468
Site Number NT24SE 32
NGR NT 2594 4164
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51468
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Peebles
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT24SE 32 2594 4164.
(NT 2594 4164) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6" map (1964)
This settlement, situated a little below the crest of a ridge, measures 115' c 85' internally, The enclosing wall, of boulder-faced rubble construction, has totally disappeared on the upper (E) side, but elsewhere it appears as a low grass-grown bank 10' to 12' in thickness and 2' in height. Only two facing-stones are now visible, one at the N end and the other at the S end. The entrance, on the W, is 8' wide. Within the interior, which has been excavated to a depth of 4'6" on the E side, there are six house-platforms.
(Information from A McLaren notebook 1, 46)
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1959
This settlement is as described and in good condition.
Visited by OS (EGC) 7 March 1962 and (SFS) 17 September 1974
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
