Drumflower
Palisaded Settlement (Later Prehistoric), Roundhouse (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Drumflower
Classification Palisaded Settlement (Later Prehistoric), Roundhouse (Later Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Drumflower Bridge
Canmore ID 78913
Site Number NX15NW 25.01
NGR NX 14339 57871
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78913
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Old Luce
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX15NW 25.01 14338 57868
See NX15NW 25.00.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (3 December 1992 - 10 December 1992)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (11 November 2021)
This palisaded settlement has been recorded as cropmarking on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1978; 1992; 1995) on level ground at the foot of Challoch Hill. The settlement is oval on plan, though the southern arc has not been recorded. It measures about 45m from NE to SW by at least 35m transversely within a narrow palisade trench. There are gaps on the NE and NNW. What may be a short stretch of a second (inner) palisade has been recorded about 1.5m from the outer palisade on the E. At the centre of the enclosure is a roundhouse which is defined by noncontinuous arcs of a ring-groove measuring around 10m in diameter and apparently centred on a large pit. Other pits are visible both within the NE half of the enclosure but also in the area around. The only other feature visible within the enclosure is a single arc of ring-groove which is situated immediately W of the house. A second palisaded settlement (NX15NW 25.02) has been recorded around 30m to the SE.
Information from HES Archaeological Survey (K. Millican) 11 November 2021.
Note (7 March 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from PALISADED ENCLOSURE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
