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Burnfoot
Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Burnfoot
Classification Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Burnfoot House
Canmore ID 67648
Site Number NY38NW 7
NGR NY 33657 88912
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67648
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY38NW 7 3366 8891.
(NY 3366 8891) Birren (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
The remains of a scooped enclosure are situated at the top of the high bank overlooking Burnfoot House from the N. It measures about 200ft in diameter, surrounded by a broad rampart rising 5ft or 6ft above the level of the interior. Much of the area is under crop, the periphery is destroyed in places, and a cottage stands within it.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; G Jobey 1971
This settlement comprises a ploughed down, horseshoe-shaped bank up to 1.2m high internally and 0.6m high externally which lies on the edge of steep, natural slopes. The interior, which has been scooped into the hillslope, is level and featureless and is partly covered by the cottage and garden.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (MJF) 20 September 1979
Verified as a settlement.
Visited by OS (JRL) 28 August 1981.
Field Visit (January 1981)
Burnfoot NY 336 889 NY38NW 7
A cottage 150m NNE of Burnfoot House stands within a ploughed-down earthwork measuring about 63m by 42m internally. The interior, which is scooped into the slope to a depth of 1.6m on the N, is enclosed by a bank (up to 7.5m thick and 0.7m high) with an external ditch (up to 8m broad and 0.3m deep) on all sides except the S, where the ground falls away steeply. The entrance is probably on the W.
RCAHMS 1981, visited January 1981
(RCAHMS 1920, p. 217, No. 641; Jobey 1971, 100)
Note (1997)
NY 3366 8891 NY38NW 7
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
