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Whitstone Hill
Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Whitstone Hill
Classification Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Whitstonehill
Canmore ID 67222
Site Number NY28SW 2
NGR NY 20885 82765
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67222
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Tundergarth
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Remains of enclosed later prehistoric settlement located on summit of Whitstone Hill within pasture farmland overlooking Water of Milk. Distant views along and across river valley in wide arc from east to west.
information from Héléna Gray, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), August 2015
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278420
NY28SW 2 2088 8277.
(NY 2088 8277) Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Rampart up to 8ft high on exterior with a 30 to 35ft wide trench, cut for the most part through rock, forming an elliptical fort with an entrance in the W. The top of the rampart is stony, suggesting pitching. RCAHMS 1920
On the relatively flat top of Whitstone Hill, in a non-defensive position, is an oval earthwork formed by an earthen bank with an outer ditch. It measures 55.0m N-S by 45.0m transversely and has a single causewayed entrance on the W. The ditch has faded out on the NW and SE. The interior is divided into upper and lower courts by a scarp running from NW to SE. This is a settlement rather than a fort.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 14 July 1970
(NY 2088 8277) Settlement (NR) Settlement.
OS 25" map (1971)
Photographed by the RCAHMS in 1980.
(Undated) information from OS Record Card.
Note (1997)
NY 2088 8277 NY28SW 2
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
Project (29 May 2014)
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd, a desk based assessment and walk over survey (May 29th 2014) was conducted
The historic environment record within the Site Boundary is relatively limited, although there is some potential for the proposed development site to contain previously unknown heritage assets from at least the later prehistoric period onwards, given the historic landscape character of the wider area. Taking this into account, the archaeological potential of the proposed development site is considered to be low.
A summary assessment, on a site by site basis, of the predicted effects on the settings of assets within a 10km radius where the blade tip ZTV indicates that there would be theoretical views of one or more turbines
information from Héléna Gray, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), August 2015
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278420
