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Kielhope Law
Building (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Scooped Settlement (Middle Iron Age)
Site Name Kielhope Law
Classification Building (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Scooped Settlement (Middle Iron Age)
Canmore ID 58076
Site Number NT71SE 22
NGR NT 7830 1403
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58076
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hownam
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT71SE 22 7830 1403.
(NT 7830 1403) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6"map, (1962).
This "scooped enclosure" (RCAHMS 1956) on the SW slope of Kielhope Law measures about 160' in either direction, and has been overrun by cultivation. Within it there are traces of three floors at the back, a central terrace with a bank across the N side, and a lower court divided into two, an arrangement very similar to that found at NT23SW 7, which is now recognised (RCAHMS 1967) as a settlement of Early Iron Age date. A circular foundation 7' in internal diameter is situated at the S side of the central terrace.
RCAHMS 1956; 1967.
As described above.
Visited by OS(WDJ) 8 September 1960.
No change.
Visited by OS(BS) 1 September 1976.
Field Visit (7 November 1999)
NT71SE 22
Kielhope Law
Scooped Settlement, Building; Rig and Furrow
NT 78295 14027
This site was recorded as part of the Kale Water Survey project and is largely as described in the 1956 inventory on the date of visit. Roughly square on plan the settlement measures 36m from NE to SW by 33m transversely within turf banks. Within the interior there are the footings of a later rectangular building (NT 78295 14027) lying in the SW corner of the settlement. It measures 13m from NW to SE by 5m transversely with two compartments.
The settlement lies at the S edge of an area of rig cultivation which extends across the SW flank of Kielhope Law.
(KALE99 399)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 7 November 1999
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
