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Black Meldon
Settlement(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Black Meldon
Classification Settlement(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 51527
Site Number NT24SW 11
NGR NT 2120 4255
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51527
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Peebles
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT24SW 11 2120 4255.
(NT 2120 4255) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6" map (1965)
The heavily robbed remains of a settlement, and of a scooped homestead which superseded it, are situated near the foot of the E slopes of Black Meldon. The settlement (A on plan) is considerably obscured by the scooped homestead which has obliterated almost the whole of its S end, and more recent disturbance has been caused by a track which passes through it from N-S. Enough remains, however, to indicate that it measured originally c.155' N-S by 80' E-W within a boulder-faced rubble wall. Only a few of the facing stones of this wall are now visible, and what remains of the core has spread to form a low grassy mound. The entrance is near the centre of the E side; it is now 11' wide and leads into a small shallow depression. Three house platforms (1-3) are visible in the remaining part of the interior. At the N end a low stony bank running W from the NE arc of the enclosing wall is clearly intrusive. The scooped homestead (B) measures 75' x 50' within a boulder-faced rubble wall in which several outer facing stones are visible. The entrance, in the centre of the E side, is 6' wide and leads into a scooped court occupying 2/3 of the lower half of the interior. The upper half contains three house-platforms (4-6) separated by unexcavated ridges.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1964
A settlement and homestead as described.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (JLD) 8 May 1962 and (BS) 23 September 1974
Photographed by the RCAHMS in 1980.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
