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Park Hill, Hillhead
Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Park Hill, Hillhead
Classification Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 66365
Site Number NY09NE 3
NGR NY 06428 97490
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66365
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkpatrick-juxta
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY09NE 3 0642 9751.
(NY 0642 9751) Ancient Earthwork (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1920)
Horseshoe-shaped stony rampart 4 - 5' high on inner side with much-ploughed outer ditch, forming the N end of an oval or circular enclosure. Chord between ends of rampart, 83'; bisectional diameter, 72'.
RCAHMS 1920
The remains of this enclosure, set slightly into the slope and on a slight shelf overlooking a steep scarp to the E, are generally as described. It measures c. 52.0m N-S by 25.0m transversely and although there are no internal features, the non-defensive situation suggests it is probably the remains of a small settlement. Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R D) 24 March 1972
No change to previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Sketch plan & section.
Visited by OS (J R L) 8 September 1978.
Field Visit (24 April 1990 - 13 March 1991)
NY 0642 9751 NY09NE 3
This settlement is roughly oval on plan and measures 53.2m from NNE to SSW by 23.7m transversely internally. Only at the NNE end, however, does the enclosing stony bank survive and measures 5.4m in thickness and 1.2m in height. Elsewhere it has been reduced by ploughing to little more than low scarps. There is a possible entrance on the E.
Visited by RCAHMS (PC), 24th April 1990 .
Situated on an E-facing slope about 220m E of the fort NY09NE 2, there are the remains of a scooped settlement. Roughly oval on plan, it measures about 52m from N to S by 28.5m transversely within a grass-grown bank (up to 5.3m thick and 0.8m high) with a shallow external ditch which is now only visible on the NNW.
The S half of the settlement, however, has been almost totally levelled by ploughing, and the line of the bank is preserved only on the S and SW where a low inward-facing scarp is preserved. The N half of the interior is set on two levels, with the lower (E) portion being noticeably more poorly drained than the upper.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 13 March 1991.
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
