Calfield Rig
Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Calfield Rig
Classification Settlement (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 67742
Site Number NY38SW 5
NGR NY 32827 83497
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 5 3282 8348.
Jobey indicates a 'Fort or Defended Settlement' on his map at approximately NY 327 833.
G Jobey 1971
NY 3282 8348. A sub-oval settlement situated on a steep SW-facing hillslope at 248m OD. It measures 50.0m by 45.0m over a slight and spread stony bank which is up to 0.6m high internally and 0.4m high ext- ernally; there is no surface evidence of an outer ditch. The disturbed and mutilated gap on the downhill S side is probably the entrance and two stony spreads nearby may be clearance heaps. Two 0.5m linear scarps on the lower side may indicate the edges of stances. Faint traces of a drainage channel cross the earthwork and cut the bank on the E and W sides.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (MJF) 4 September 1979
Field Visit (February 1981)
Calfield Rig NY 328 834 NY38SW 5
Situated on the S spur of CaIfieId Rig 1.2km WSW of CaIfieId farmhouse, there is an oval enclosure measuring 43m by 37m within a stony bank 3m thick and 0.3m high.
RCAHMS 1981, visited February 1981
Note (1997)
NY 3282 8348 NY38SW 5
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
