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Shaw
Enclosure (Period Unknown)
Site Name Shaw
Classification Enclosure (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Coates Burn; Cotes Burn; Shaw Of Dryfe
Canmore ID 66932
Site Number NY19SE 17
NGR NY 15675 91735
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66932
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Hutton And Corrie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY19SE 17 1568 9174.
NY 156 917. A rectangular enclosure, on the E bank of Coates Burn, measures about 48m N-S by 25m transversely and consists of earthen banks 1.25m high in places with two entrances on the N side and three on each of the long sides. The interior is level but featureless. Traces of a ditch from which the bank material was excavated are discernible on the NW and N sides.
I W Stuart 1973
NY 1568 9174. This enclosure is situated on level permanent pasture above Coates Burn, with gently rising ground to the north.
It comprises a well-constructed earthen bank with a much silted outer ditch, except on the S, with internal dimensions of 35.0m N-S by 20.0m E-W. There is a 4.0m wide entrance in the N side, but lesser gaps in the NE & W appear later mutilations. The interior is at the same level as the land to the N and E, and as stated is featureless.
Untypical of pre-historic works in this region, its form and setting suggest it may be of Medieval date.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J R L) 4 September 1978
Enclosure [NR]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1982.
A geophysical survey of the site was carried out by GeoQuest in November 1993 on behalf of RCAHMS. A number of anomalies were noted, suggestive of a stone structural feature in the southern quadrant of the enclosure, and collapse and dispersal of magnetic material from the western bank.
GeoQuest 1993 (NMRS, MS 730/12).
Measured Survey (27 September 1990)
RCAHMS surveyed the enclosure at Shaw on 27 September 1990 with plane-table and self-reducing alidade at a scale of 1:500. The plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:1000 (RCAHMS 1997, Fig. 151).
Field Visit (27 September 1990)
NY 1568 9174 NY19SE 17
A rectilinear enclosure situated within a bend of the Cotes Burn is probably of medieval or later date. It measures 34.7m from N to S by 21.5m and 13.7m respectively at the N and S ends respectively within an earthern bank 3.1m thick and up to 1m high. On the NW, N and E, an external ditch up to 3.2m broad and 0.3m deep is visible. Breaks in the bank on the W (3m wide) and N (3.6m wide) are probably original, although smaller breaks elsewhere may be later.
Visited by RCAHMS (PC), 27 September 1990.
Shaw of Dryfe. Listed as (rectilinear) settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
Geophysical Survey (1993)
NY19SE 17 1568 9174.
A geophysical survey of the site was carried out by GeoQuest in November 1993 on behalf of RCAHMS. A number of anomalies were noted, suggestive of a stone structural feature in the southern quadrant of the enclosure, and collapse and dispersal of magnetic material from the western bank.
GeoQuest 1993 (NMRS, MS 730/12).
