Calfield
Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Calfield
Classification Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 67741
Site Number NY38SW 4
NGR NY 33786 83690
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Langholm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY38SW 4 3379 8369
(NY 3379 8369) Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Settlement, Calfield. The perimeter wall, in which some facing stones remain, encloses an oval area about 140 by 130 ft. The rear has been hollowed out to a depth of about 16ft and the frontal apron,
consisting partly of material pushed forward on to the natural slope in the process of levelling, and added to by some wall tumble, is a distinctive feature. There appear to have been entrances from SW and E.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; G Jobey 1971.
This settlement is as described. The interior has been disturbed and used as a stone dump. A track crossing the earthwork has further mutilated the interior and the ramparts.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (MJF), 10 September 1979.
Field Visit (February 1981)
Calfield NY 337 836 NY38SW 4
This settlement is situated on a gentle SE-facing slope 300m SSW of Calfieid farmhouse. The interior, which measures 45m by 38m, is scooped into the slope to a depth of 2.1m on the NW, and elsewhere it is enclosed by a stony bank (probably a wall) spread up to 3.9m in thickness and 0.6m in height. The bank is capped by a wall of more recent date, and the interior, which has been quarried, is partly covered with field-gathered stones.
RCAHMS 1981, visited February 1981
(RCAHMS 1920, pp. 147-8, No. 435; Jobey 1971, 96)
Note (1997)
NY 3379 8369 NY38SW 4
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
