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Gledenholm
Field System (Period Unassigned), Palisaded Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gledenholm
Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Palisaded Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 65777
Site Number NX98NE 9
NGR NX 9871 8801
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65777
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmahoe
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX98NE 9 9871 8801.
NX 987 881. Excavations were carried out at this Iron Age (A E Truckell 1972) site, at Gledenholm from 1966-8.
They revealed a single palisade trench, of unknown length, defining an oval enclosure 125' wide. A small palisade trench and post holes were also found. A thumbnail scraper and other flints were found on the floor of a hut; a sherd of coarse black pottery similar to that from the hill-fort at Burnswark, and a few sherds of orange-coloured pottery of unknown type have also been found. Burnt wood from the palisade is to be submitted for C14 dating.
Scott-Elliot (J Scott-Elliot and I Rae 1967) notes a very small field of cairns, 4'- 9' in diameter (presumably field clearance heaps), and stone banks possibly forming agricultural enclosures in the vicinity.
Forestry Commission ploughing in the near future will result in the total destruction of the site (L Masters 1968).
J Scott-Elliot 1966
NX 9871 8801. The site of this palisaded homestead is situated on a low hillock, in a clearing within a forest. The excavation has been left open but neither the palisade trenches nor the post holes are now visible. There is no trace of the small cairns referred to by Scott-Elliott, which have presumably been destroyed by afforestation.
Visited by OS (TRG) 19 August 1976.
