Harthope
Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name Harthope
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Harthope South
Canmore ID 81372
Site Number NT01SW 21
NGR NT 0351 1162
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81372
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Moffat
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NT01SW 21 0351 1162
At NT 0351 1162 a possible scooped settlement was found. This site is also in the area of rough pasture that has seen much disturbance by quarrying and could be a modern quarry scoop related to this activity. It consists of a circular scoop 11m in diameter, the floor of which is bowl-shaped in profile and littered with stony rubble. Surrounding this scoop on all but the SW side is a large bank 2.5m wide and standing up to 1m high, giving a maximum diameter of 17m. On the SW side the scoop forms a small platform at the top of a steep slope of a deep gully which runs past the site.
M P Robins 1993.
This alleged feature is located in rough pasture and appears to be either a natural hollow or a small quarry. The thick bank noted by Robins is likely to be of natural origin.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, SPH), 21 June 1995.
