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East Reston Mill
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name East Reston Mill
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) East Reston
Canmore ID 59901
Site Number NT86SE 6
NGR NT 89920 61546
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/59901
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Coldingham
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT86SE 6 NT 89920 61546
(NT 8990 6155) Earthwork (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1973).
A native settlement is visible as crop marks on an air photograph.
J K St Joseph.
Nothing is visible in a recently ploughed field except for a slight depression which possibly indicates the extent of the inner 'ring' of the earthwork.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 26 January 1966.
The site of a strongly defended settlement is revealed by cropmarks 450m S of East Reston Mill. Roughly oval on plan, it measures a maximum of 50m in diameter within two concentric ditches set about 13m apart.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1979.
Further photographs taken in 1979 (listed as a fort).
RCAHMS AP catalogue 1979.
Scheduled as 'East Reston, settlement 490m NW of...'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 30 March 2009.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (18 May 1997 - 19 January 1998)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Note (12 February 2016 - 31 August 2016)
This fort or fortified settlement is situated on the summit of a low rounded hill in the angle of the track leading from East Reston down to East Reston Mill. Oval on plan, it measures about 70m from ESE to WNW by 50m transversely (0.27ha) within two roughly concentric ditches set between 7m and 10m apart. The ditches range from 3m to 5m in breadth and a large macula at the ESE end of the interior, almost certainly representing the eastern side of the shallow depression in the surface of the field observed by OS surveyors in 1966, has preserved the scar of a rampart some 4m in thickness on the ENE; allowing for its presence around the rest of the circuit, the interior enclosed about 0.2ha. In addition to the evidence of scooping at the ESE end of the interior, there are several other irregular maculae within the interior, though whether they indicate the stances of structures or simply other fragments of a scooped yard cannot be determined without excavation. The entrance is not visible but probably lies in the southern sector where it is hidden by the edge of the field and the adjacent track. There is no stratigraphic evidence to demonstrate whether the two ditches are elements of a single scheme, but if the were successive and the outer was once free-standing, it would have enclosed about 0.45ha within its rampart.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 31 August 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC4099
Sbc Note
Visibility: This site is visible as a cropmark.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
