Shaw Hill
Unenclosed Platform Settlement (Prehistoric)
Site Name Shaw Hill
Classification Unenclosed Platform Settlement (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Stone Grain Hope
Canmore ID 49747
Site Number NT12NE 2.01
NGR NT 1513 2804
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49747
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Drumelzier
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT12NE 2.1 1513 2804.
NT 151 280: There are two hut platforms, one 25' wide and the other 30', together with the remains of a third, on the SE flank of Shaw Hill. RCAHMS 1967, visited 1960
In the area indicated are a number of field clearance heaps of uncertain date but no trace of any hut platforms.
(Information from R W Feachem notebook 1960, 21)
Visited by OS (SFS) 19 November 1974
Field Visit (21 August 1989)
What is probably a shallow house platform is situated immediately downslope from a hollowed trackway on the SE flank of Shaw Hill. The platform measures about 8m across and the scarp at the front is about 0.7m high. What may be a second platform, about 7m across, lies immediately down slope, and a terrace about 130m to the W (NT 1499 2806) would also provide a suitable stance for a timber house.
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH) 21 August 1989.
Sbc Note (21 March 2016)
Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
