Brock Linns, Bloch
Enclosure (Iron Age)
Site Name Brock Linns, Bloch
Classification Enclosure (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 67723
Site Number NY38SW 2
NGR NY 32876 81915
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67723
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Langholm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Remains of D-shaped later prehistoric enclosure located on north-west facing slope above the Wauchope Water in rough pasture but with forestry plantation nearby to north. Main views in north-west to south-west arc along Wauchope Water valley.
information from Héléna Gray, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), August 2015
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278420
NY38SW 2 3288 8191.
(NY 3289 8192) Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Slight twin banks with a medial ditch, 2ft wide and 3ft 6ins deep, form a horse-shoe shaped fort (RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912) (shown on Jobey's map as a 'Scooped enclosure') at the NE end of Black Bull Bank, measuring 169ft by 119ft. There appears to have been a wall along the edge of the inner bank, and traces of stonework are visible at its NW angle.
G Jobey 1971
NY 3288 8191. A settlement situated on level moorland at 149m OD incorporates a steep, natural slope as part of its defence. The D-shaped enclosure comprises an inner bank 0.5m high internally and 1.0m high externally with, in the N, and W, a 1.0m deep medial ditch and corresponding outer bank; and in the E and S, simply a 0.6m deep ditch. The entrance, in the NW, is a 3.0m wide gap between the end of the banks and the steep, river-cut slope. The level interior is covered by thick moorland grass and measures up to 47.0m by 34.0m; there are no obvious traces of stances. A number of earthfast boulders protrude from the banks and there is a narrow stony spread on top of the inner bank on the NW side.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (MJF), 3 September 1979
Field Visit (February 1981)
Brock Linns, Bloch NY 328 819 NY38SW 2
This enclosure is situated 600m N of Bloch farmhouse; the interior measures 50m by 33m and is enclosed by a bank with an external ditch on all sides except the SW, where the ground falls away steeply. Both the bank and the ditch increase in size from the SE round to the NE and NW, where they are accompanied by an outer bank. There is a possible entrance on the WNW.
RCAHMS 1981, visited February 1981
(RCAHMS 1920, pp. 146-7, No. 432)
Note (1997)
NY 3288 8191 NY38SW 2
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
