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Boyken Burn
Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Boyken Burn
Classification Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Calkin
Canmore ID 67613
Site Number NY38NW 15
NGR NY 3051 8863
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67613
![Plan of fermtoun and cultivation remains at Boyken: publication drawing for Inventory of Eastern Dumfriesshire, generated from computer file. Unattributed, [1996].](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00252257.jpg)
![Plan of fermtoun and cultivation remains at Boyken: publication drawing for Inventory of Eastern Dumfriesshire, generated from computer file. Unattributed, [1996].](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00252257.jpg)
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Remains of later prehistoric settlement with later pre-improvement farmstead overlying, located on southern bank of Boyken Burn within semi-improved pasture, located within Boyken Burn ASA. Other related sites located on north and south sides of Boyken Burn valley. Restricted views due to local topography, but has views along valley floor and towards assets on north valley sides. Localised valley setting.
information from Héléna Gray, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), August 2015
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278420
NY38NW 15 3051 8863
(Approx NY 305 885) A settlement is situated on a river scarp above the Boyken Burn. Though a secondary stone feature occupies the centre of the interior, it may be assumed that the timber-built structures originally lay behind the forecourt.
G Jobey 1971
NY 3051 8863. A settlement approximately 60.0m by 55.0m is scooped into a steep, N-facing hill-slope. It has been mutilated and disturbed by haphazard stone quarrying but its main features are still fairly well defined. A mutilated stony bank up to 0.5m follows the top edge of the 3.0m back scarp and a 0.7m high bank lies along the edge of the steep river scarp on the NE side. The entrance is on the east side. There are a number of level areas on the gently sloping interior but none can be identified as a hut stance.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (MJF) 16 September 1979.
Field Visit (January 1981)
Calkin NY 305 886 NY38NW 15
On the S bank of the Boyken Burn 300m E of Calkin cottage there is a settlement measuring 46m by 41m within a wall spread up to 5.8m in thickness and 0.6m in height; the entrance is on the E. Within the interior, which is scooped into the slope to a depth of 3.6m on the SW, there are three irregular platforms. On the NE the wall is overlain by a rectangular building measuring 12m by 4m within stone wall-footings.
RCAHMS 1981, visited January 1981
(Jobey 1971, 96)
Note (1997)
NY 3051 8863 NY38NW 15
Listed as settlement (No. 932) and building (No. 1668).
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
