White Meldon
Unenclosed Platform Settlement (Prehistoric)
Site Name White Meldon
Classification Unenclosed Platform Settlement (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 51534
Site Number NT24SW 18
NGR NT 2183 4357
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51534
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Peebles
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT24SW 18 2183 4357.
(Centred NT 2183 4357) Settlement (NR)
OS 6" map (1965)
An unenclosed platform settlement of nine hut platforms in line is situated on the NW flank of White Meldon. One is 35' wide, three 40', three 50' and two 60'.
(Information from R W Feachem notebook 1961, 18)
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1961
A heather and bracken covered settlement as described. In the vicinity of the huts are several clearance heaps but few fields can be traced. Visited by OS (JLD) 11 May 1962 and (BS) 26 September 1974
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
