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Birch Cleugh Hill
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Birch Cleugh Hill
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 57461
Site Number NT66NE 15
NGR NT 66836 66089
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57461
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Spott (Berwickshire)
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County East Lothian
NT66NE 15 669 660.
(? Approx NT 669 660) Hut Circle, Birk Cleuch Hill: About 600 yds SE of Caldercleuch house (NT 666 665), on the NE slope of Birk Cleuch Hill, about 50 yds S of Elsie Cleuch and some 150 yds W of the Bothwell Water, at an elevation of 900ft OD, is a hut circle, measuring 21ft in diameter within a wall 4ft broad and 6 ins high. This wall on the S (higher) arc is of earth, but on the opposite side there is an irregular mound containing a quantity of stones.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913
Field Visit (30 June 1913)
About 600 yards south-east of Caldercleuch house, on the north-eastern slope of Birk Cleuch Hill, about 50 yards to the south of Elsie Cleuch and some 150 yards west of the Bothwell Water, at an elevation of 900 feet above sea-level, is a hut circle, of which the diameter is 21 feet within a wall 4 feet broad and rising 6 inches above the surrounding level. The wall on the southern or higher arc is of earth, but on the opposite and lower side there is an irregular mound containing a quantity of stones.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 30 June 1913.
Field Visit (4 March 2020)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
