Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Upcoming Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates:
Thursday, 9 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 23 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 30 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
During these times, some functionality such as image purchasing may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Hamilton Hill
Mine(S) (Period Unknown), Quarry(S) (Period Unknown), Road (Period Unknown)
Site Name Hamilton Hill
Classification Mine(S) (Period Unknown), Quarry(S) (Period Unknown), Road (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Edston Hill
Canmore ID 51611
Site Number NT24SW 89
NGR NT 226 417
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51611
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Peebles
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT24SW 89 226 417 and 224 416
Two mine entrances were noted at NT 226 417 on Hamilton Hill near its col with South Head Hill. The spoil heaps of both mines are small; a few thousand cubic metres in each. The mineral road serving these mines may be traced southwards through the col as a much over-grown but well-graded shallow terrace some 5m wide. For some 50m over marshy ground at the head of the Edson Burn about NT 224 416 the road is obliterated by overgrowth, but its course is exactly located by drainage ditch upcast of broken stones clearly imported from the mine spoil heaps as road metal.
The line thus established leads precisely on to the NS road terrace along the east slope of Edston Hill marked on the current OS maps as 'Roman Road' (RR 79a). The identification of this N-S road terrace as Roman has occasioned interpretive difficulties dispelled by its re-identification as a mineral road leading, presumably, to a road- or rail-head in the Lyne valley. Surveyed 10 June 1987.
W Lonie, F Newall and H Sinclair 1988
Two small stone quarries seen at NT 226 417, with associated excavated material.
Information from K McLaren, visited 13 June 1993.
Sbc Note (21 March 2016)
Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
Previously also listed under duplicate site NT96SW 510 -CANCELLED. HES (LCK) 11.6.2024
