Clerk Hill
Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval), Hut (Post Medieval), Ring Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Clerk Hill
Classification Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval), Hut (Post Medieval), Ring Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 67258
Site Number NY29NE 35
NGR NY 25521 98907
NGR Description Centred NY 255 98907
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67258
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Eskdalemuir
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (June 1992)
NY29NE 35 centred 255 989
On the W flank of Clerk Hill there is a cluster of enclosures, ring-enclosures, and a possible hut. These are listed as follows from E to W:
NY 2554 9891. A ring-enclosure measuring 5.6m in diameter within a bank up to 2.5m thick and 0.3m high.
NY 2552 9890. A ring-enclosure measuring 7.9m in diameter within a wasted bank 2.3m in thickness and up to 0.2m in height.
NY 2553 9889. A rectangular enclosure measuring 14,5m from NNE to SSW by 7.3m transversely within a bank up to 0.9m in thickness and 0.3m in height.
NY 2553 9892. A trapezoidal enclosure measuring 9.3m from NNE to SSW by up to 6.2m transversely within a bank up to 2.3m in thickness.
NY 2550 9891. What may be a hut measuring 6.4m from NW to SE by 3.9m within a bank up to 1.7m in thickness and 0.2m in height.
NY 2550 9890. An enclosure measuring 10.8m from NNE to SSW by 8.4m transversely within a bank up to 1.7m in thickness and 0.2m in height.
NY 2550 9889. An enclosure measuring 10.9m from NNE to SSE by 7.5m transversely within a bank 1.7m in thickness and 0.2m in height.
NY 2548 9889. An enclosure cut by a drain. It measures 10.6m from NE to SW by 7.6m transversely within a bank up to 1.7m in thickness and 0.2m in height.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS, PC), June 1992
