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Brieryshaw Hill
Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Brieryshaw Hill
Classification Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 67781
Site Number NY39SE 10
NGR NY 36886 91553
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67781
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Ewes
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY39SE 10 3688 9155
(NY 368 915) A circular enclosure, measuring some 193ft in diameter (and noted on Jobey's map as a 'defended settlement') is situated about 100 yds S of fort NY39SE 1. It has been surrounded by an earth and stone bank, now with a maximum height of 3ft 6ins. The interior has been considerably hollowed and is divided in two by a stony bank. A circular platform, apparently the site of a hut, lies against the rampart on the S. An entrance, 2ft wide, is adjacent to the hut, while the 5ft to 6ft wide entrance to the N part is by the side of the dividing wall.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; G Jobey 1971.
NY 3688 9155. The spread and fragmentary remains of this settlement occupy a gentle S-facing slope at 215m OD. The undulating and partially boggy interior, 60m N-S by 55m E-W, has two obvious hut stances, one against the best preserved S part of the enclosure bank, and a 9.0m wide scooped area against the E bank. The stony bank E-W dividing bank is probably a later feature and appears to overlie the enclosure at both ends. The 4.0m entrance on the W side shows two exposed orthostats against its N side. The alleged entrance in the S is probably a late mutilation.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (JRL), 16 September 1979.
Field Visit (11 July 1955)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
Field Visit (November 1980)
Brieryshaw Hill NY 368 915 NY39SE 10
An enclosure, possibly a settlement, is situated 100m SW of the fort NY39SE 1; it measures 56m by 52m within a bank up to 4.7m in thickness and 0.8m in height, with the entrance on the W. In the SSW part of the interior there is an irregular platform, and in the E part an oval scoop impinges on the bank.
RCAHMS 1981, visited November 1980
(RCAHMS 1920, p. 83, No. 219)
Field Visit (28 July 1992)
NY 3688 9155 NY39SE 10
There is no change to the existing description.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ARW), 28 July 1992.
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
