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Nether Horsburgh
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Nether Horsburgh
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 53160
Site Number NT33NW 4
NGR NT 3091 3922
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53160
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Innerleithen
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT33NW 4 3091 3922
(NT 3091 3922) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6" map (1964)
This sub-rectangular enclosure measures 135' x 105' within a grass-grown stony bank. On the W, where best preserved, the bank measures 18' in thickness and stands to a height of 2' internally and 3' externally. The single entrance, 8' wide, is in the WSW.
Inside the enclosure, The S corner has been cut off by a bank to form a court, about 55' across in either direction. The entrance to the court, situated in the NW corner, is also 8' wide.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1951
This is a homestead, generally as described. It has been levelled into the slope.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 28 June 1961 and (SFS) 28 November 1974.
Reference (1957)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1951-5)’ (RCAHMS 1957, xiv-xviii).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG), 24 October 2012.
Field Visit (1 November 2013 - 11 November 2013)
This project comprised a topographical survey of the surviving earthworks at Nether Horsburgh enclosure located at NGR NT 3090 3922, to the south of the town of Peebles in the Scottish Borders. These earthworks comprise a sub-rectangular bank which represents the remains of a Late Prehistoric scooped settlement. The site became a scheduled monument (SM3034) in 1971. A detailed archaeological measured survey was undertaken at the site in November 2013. These works were undertaken on behalf of Forestry Commission Scotland by Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd. The site, situated to the southeast of Glentress Forest which is part of the Forests of the Scottish Borders, is currently managed by Forestry Commission Scotland. The purpose of the survey was to provide an enhanced baseline record of the upstanding remains at the site, and to inform future conservation and management of the monument. Results from this assessment recorded the nature and extent of earthworks as well as the wider landscape context of the upstanding archaeological remains.
Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd. (L. Baker & E. O'Flaherty) OASIS ID: rubiconh1-188911
Scottish Borders Smr Note
A detailed archaeological measured survey was undertaken at Nether Horsburgh settlement in
November 2013. These works were undertaken on behalf of Forestry Commission Scotland
by Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd. The purpose of the survey was to provide an enhanced baseline record of the
upstanding remains at the site, and to inform future conservation and management of the
monument. Results from this assessment recorded the nature and extent of earthworks as well
as the wider landscape context of the upstanding archaeological remains.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
