Oxendean Tower | Canmore

Enclosed Settlement (Prehistoric)

Site Name Oxendean Tower

Classification Enclosed Settlement (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 58598

Site Number NT75NE 36

NGR NT 77998 56299

NGR Description Centre

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58598

Digital Images

SC 1750067

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1986

SC 1750189

Oxendean Tower, oblique aerial view taken from the W, centred on the cropmarks of an enclosure.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/8/1996

SC 1750207

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the settlement, taken from the NNE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

10/8/2000

DP 033960

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the NNE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

31/7/2007

DP 033962

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

31/7/2007

DP 033963

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

31/7/2007

SC 1750074

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1980

DP 033964

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the SSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

31/7/2007

SC 2455211

Oxendean Tower, NT75NE 36, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1958

SC 1750061

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1986

DP 033958

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the E.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

31/7/2007

SC 1750058

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1986

DP 033959

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

31/7/2007

SC 1750059

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1986

SC 1750190

Oxendean Tower, oblique aerial view taken from the SW, centred on the cropmarks of an enclosure.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/8/1996

SC 1750060

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the NNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1986

SC 1750075

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1980

SC 1750076

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1980

SC 1750206

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the settlement, taken from the NNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

10/8/2000

DP 033961

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of a circular settlement with outworks, taken from the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

31/7/2007

SC 1750191

Oxendean Tower, oblique aerial view taken from the SSE, centred on the cropmarks of an enclosure.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/8/1996

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Administrative Areas

Council Scottish Borders, The
Parish Duns
Former Region Borders
Former District Berwickshire
Former County Berwickshire

Archaeology Notes

NT75NE 36 NT 77995 56297

This settlement has been recorded as cropmarks on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 1980, 1996, 2000) lying on gently sloping ground about 700m ENE of Oxendean Tower. It is circular on plan, measuring about 70m in diameter within a ditch about 2m wide broken by an entrance on the NE. An arc of a second, outer, ditch lies some 20m to the NE, with a gap corresponding to the entrance in the settlement.

Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 18 August 2004

Activities

Note (22 January 2020)

HES Whiteadder Archaeological Survey

The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.

Sbc Note

Visibility: This site is visible as a cropmark.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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