Ven Law
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ven Law
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 51480
Site Number NT24SE 42
NGR NT 2610 4133
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51480
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Peebles
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT24SE 42 2610 4133.
(NT 2610 4133) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6" map (1964)
On the E flank of Venlaw there is a settlement which has been heavily denuded by stone-robbing and ploughing. Measuring 110' x 90', it has been enclosed by a wall which is still visible for a short distance on the NW in the form of a very low bank 17' in width. Elsewhere, however, the line of the wall is represented only by a scarp in which four contiguous facing-stones are visible at one point. The entrance is on the S.
The interior, which has been excavated to a depth of 5' on the SW side, exhibits one house-platform measuring 20' across. The presence of several others is suggested by slight depression too indefinite plan. (Information from R W Feachem notebook 1963-4, 27)
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1964
A settlement as described.
Visited by OS (EGC) 7 March 1962 and (SFS) 18 September 1974
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
