Shaw Hill, Calkin
Linear Earthwork (Iron Age)
Site Name Shaw Hill, Calkin
Classification Linear Earthwork (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Shaw Hill, Calkin 1
Canmore ID 67625
Site Number NY38NW 26
NGR NY 3026 8819
NGR Description NY 3023 8823 to NY 3030 8814
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67625
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (January 1981)
Shaw Hill, Calkin 1 NY 302 881 to 302 882 NY38NW 26
A linear earthwork, comprising a bank flanked on the uphill (SW) side by a ditch, cuts across the NE spur of Shaw Hill some 200m SW of the settlement NY38NW 2. On the crest of the spur a hollowed trackway passes through a gap where the terminals of both the ditch and the bank are staggered.
RCAHMS 1981, January 1981
Note (1997)
NY 302 881 - 302 882 NY38NW 26
Listed as linear earthwork.
RCAHMS 1997.
