Bentpath
Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Bentpath
Classification Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Todholes
Canmore ID 67815
Site Number NY39SW 1
NGR NY 30819 90406
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67815
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY39SW 1 3082 9040.
NY 308 904. A settlement, similar to but not as well preserved as that at Boonies (NY39SW 4), is situated above Todholes.
G Jobey 1975
NY 3082 9040. This sub-oval settlement lies on a level shelf of a steep south-facing hillslope at 137m OD. The bank, which encloses an area of approximately 36.0m by 25.0m, is up to 0.9m high externally and 1.0m high internally; the N and E quadrants have been mutilated, probably by quarrying. There is no evidence of an outer ditch and the entrance is on the NW side. The interior, which has been slightly scooped into the hillslope, is fairly level and has some earthfast boulders protruding in places but there are no obvious stances.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (MJF), 19 September 1979.
Field Visit (August 1980)
Todholes NY 308 904 NY39SW 1
Situated on a level terrace 70m NE of Todholes cottage, there is an oval settlement measuring 33m by 30m within a stony bank up to 4.2m in thickness and 0.4m in height. The interior is as much as 0. 7m below the surrounding ground-level.
RCAHMS 1980, visited August 1980
(Jobey 1974, 120)
Note (1997)
NY 3082 9040 NY39SW 1
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
