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Clerk Hill

Ring Enclosure (Post Medieval)

Site Name Clerk Hill

Classification Ring Enclosure (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 72923

Site Number NY29NE 62

NGR NY 25469 99085

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Eskdalemuir
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Annandale And Eskdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Archaeology Notes (June 1992)

NY29NE 62 2547 9908

On the left bank of a burn draining the lower WNW flank of Clerk Hill, there is a ring-enclosure which measures 13.8m in diameter over double banks and a medial ditch. The banks are about 2m thick and the ditch about 1.5m broad, and there are also traces of an outer ditch.

Visited by RCAHMS (IMS), June 1992.

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