Easter Earshaig
Quarry Scoop(S) (Period Unknown), Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Easter Earshaig
Classification Quarry Scoop(S) (Period Unknown), Settlement (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Easter Ershaig
Canmore ID 85826
Site Number NT00SW 37.01
NGR NT 0479 0247
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/85826
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkpatrick-juxta
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (10 October 1990)
NT 0470 0240 NT00SW 37.01
This settlement is situated on the highest part of a low rise about 80m NNW of Easter Earshaig steading (NT00SW 38) and measures about 34.5m from NW to SE by 29m transversely within a turf-covered stony bank up to 5m thick and 0.6m high. Only a few inner facing-stones are visible and there is an entrance gap on the S. The enclosure is roughly oval on plan but the arc of the NW side is flattened where the bank follows the top edge of a steep-sided stream-gully. Within the interior there are two quarry-scoops and a small robbed cairn.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 10 October 1990.
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
