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Penmanshiel
Settlement (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Site Name Penmanshiel
Classification Settlement (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Canmore ID 59807
Site Number NT86NW 14
NGR NT 8030 6775
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/59807
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Cockburnspath
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT86NW 14 8030 6775
(NT 8030 6775) Earthwork (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map (1976).
This is traditionally the site of a British Camp. It now appears as an oval track, nearly ploughed out. (Shown on OS 6"map, Berwickshire, 1st ed., 1858 as a dotted circle about 50m in diameter.)
Name Book 1856.
Listed by Hardy, 'on the summit of a swelling height'.
J Hardy 1856.
No remains were seen during field investigation in 1956 or 1965.
Visited by OS(CJP) 30 September 1956 and (RD) 22 December 1965.
Nothing can be seen of this enclosure, possibly a settlement.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1979.
Sbc Note (21 March 2016)
Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
Previously also listed under duplicate site NT96SW 510 -CANCELLED. HES (LCK) 11.6.2024
