Clerk Hill
Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval), Ring Enclosure (Post Medieval)
Site Name Clerk Hill
Classification Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval), Ring Enclosure (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 67261
Site Number NY29NE 38
NGR NY 25565 99240
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67261
- 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 38 255 992
On the lower N flank of Clerk Hill there is a cluster of two ring-enclosures and two enclosures. From W to E these are listed as follows:
NY 2555 9920. This ring-enclosure measures 6.4m in diameter within a bank up to 0.3m thick and 0.2m high; the external ditch is up to 1.1m broad.
NY 2556 9924. This ring-enclosure measures 5.1m in diameter within a bank up to 1.5m in thick and 0.2m high; the external ditch is up to 1.2m broad.
NY 2556 9926. This enclosure measures 10.5m from N to S by 6.6m transversely within a bank (1.7m thick and 0.2m high) and an external ditch (1.4m broad). The N end of the enclosure is open to the lip of the river terrace,
NY 2558 9925. This enclosure is set end-on to a gully and measures 9m from WNW to ESE by 6.6m transversely within a bank up to 1.8m thick and 0.2m high. There are traces of an external ditch about 1.4m broad.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS, PC), June 1992.
