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Beckton
Palisaded Enclosure (Prehistoric), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)(Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Neolithic)
Site Name Beckton
Classification Palisaded Enclosure (Prehistoric), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)(Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 66818
Site Number NY18SW 13
NGR NY 1294 8225
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66818
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dryfesdale
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY18SW 13 1294 8225
Not to be confused with NY18SW 95.
(NY 1294 8225) Enclosure (NR) (site of) Neolithic Pottery found (NAT)
OS 6" map (1970)
A probably secondary Neolithic domestic site, yielding a Rinyo-Clactonian type pottery and three apparently utilised flakes, within a slightly defended, palisaded stock enclosure was discovered beneath topsoil in May 1962. Finds are in Dumfries Museum. (Enclosure sited from Cormack's plan).
W F Cormack 1964
The hillock where the finds were made and the enclosure was situated has been completely removed for road bottoming. The finds are still in Dumfries Museum (no accession number available). (R Little, Dumfries Museum)
Visited by OS (RD) 19 May 1966
The enclosure is noted by Jobey as a palisaded settlement. He adds that the Late Neolithic material found is not necessarily associated with it.
G Jobey 1971.
Note (1997)
NY 1294 8225 NY18SW 13
Listed as palisaded enclosure, Grooved Ware and flints. The flints are held in Dumfries Museum under accession number DUMFM 1964.33.
RCAHMS 1997.
