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Mellerstain Mill
Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible), Sunken Floored Building(S) (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Mellerstain Mill
Classification Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible), Sunken Floored Building(S) (Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 57172
Site Number NT63NW 19
NGR NT 64962 37849
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57172
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Earlston
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
Cropmarks caused by variation in vegetation growth have revealed the presence of buried archaeology in a field near Mellerstain Mill.
Though no traces of the site survive on the ground, the cropmarks clearly reveal the outline of a large, circular enclosure, defined by a broad ditch. There are two wide entrances evident, which would suggest that the site was not created for defensive purposes.
The fact that both entrances are located directly opposite to one another suggests that the monument could be a henge. Henges date to the third millennium BC, and appear to have been created for ritual and ceremonial purposes.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT63NW 19 649 378
Cropmarks have revealed the ditches of an enclosure, possibly a henge, measuring about 75m in diameter. On plan, the enclosure is asymmetric and the ditches are broken by opposing entrances, that in the N being the broader of the two. At least one pit is visible within the interior, and this is located to the E of the S entrance. This site is plotted as a possible Class II henge on a distribution map of henge monuments and penannular ring-ditches covering southern Scotland (RCAHMS 1997, 116, fig. 111).
Information from RCAHMS (ARG), 29 September 1997
Aerial Photographic Transcription (13 July 2022)
An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 13 July 2022.
Information from HES Archaeological Survey (K. Millican) 15 July 2022.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This site is visible as a cropmark.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
