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Crooks
Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Crooks
Classification Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 67309
Site Number NY29SE 15
NGR NY 29791 92444
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67309
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Remains of later prehistoric scooped settlement located on an old river terrace near the confluence of Stennies and Meggat Waters in improved pasture. Main views are to north and south along Meggat Water.
information from Héléna Gray, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), August 2015
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278420
NY29SE 15 2979 9244
(NY 2979 9244) Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Settlement. An irregular saucer-shaped hollow 132' across and up to 5' deep forms an enclosure with the remains of a mound some 18" high on the NE arc. The entrance is on the W and opens into a circular hollow some 66' across, and there are higher platforms on the E and NE of the hollow. The site is overlooked by rising ground on the E.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; G Jobey 1971.
A scooped settlement, generally as described and planned. The remains of a stone wall are visible on top of the enclosing bank on the NW. It consists of a single outer face with a core about 2.0m wide. No house platforms were located on the various levels within the interior.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 10 October 1973.
No change to previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 17 October 1978.
Scheduled as 'Crooks, scooped settlement 290m NNE of...'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 28 January 2010.
Field Visit (August 1980)
Crooks NY 297 924 NY29SE 15
This settlement is situated 260m NNE of Crooks farmhouse; roughly oval on plan, it measures 40m by at least 35m within a bank which has been destroyed on the E and SE by a track.
RCAHMS 1980, visited August 1980
(RCAHMS 1920, p. 217, No. 644; Jobey 1971, 96)
Note (1997)
NY 2979 9244 NY29SE 15
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
Watching Brief (23 November 2017)
NY 29785 92473 A watching brief was undertaken 23 November 2017 during the replacement of an electricity pole within the SAM of Crooks Scooped Settlement (SM: 4368). The excavations, to a depth of 2m, revealed that the settlement mound had been created using re-deposited gravels from the excavations of the settlement platform. The excavation did not penetrate the base of the mound.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Connicks on behalf of SPIE
Kevin Paton and Ross Murray – AOC Archaeology Group
(Source: DES Vol 19)
OASIS ID (aocarcha1-302083) 24 July 2018
