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Scooped Settlement (Middle Iron Age)

Site Name Stanhope Cottage

Classification Scooped Settlement (Middle Iron Age)

Alternative Name(s) Easter Stanhope; Craig Head

Canmore ID 68470

Site Number NT12NW 47

NGR NT 1238 2998

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/68470

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DP 278900

Publication Drawing: Scooped Settlement and Enclosure, Stanhope Cottage

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

2/1963

SC 1732003

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1981

SC 1731937

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1993

SC 1732232

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the enclosure, scooped settlement, sheepfold, cairn and cist with the remains of the buildings and banks adjacent, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

15/1/2001

SC 1732235

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the enclosure and scooped settlement with the remains of the sheepfold, cairn and cist adjacent, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

15/1/2001

DP 085989

Oblique aerial view of Stanhope settlement, scooped settlement, township and enclosure, looking W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

2/3/2010

SC 1731935

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1993

SC 1731940

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1993

SC 1732004

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1981

SC 1732005

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1981

SC 993215

Scanned image of oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the scooped settlement and enclosure with the remains of the sheepfold, cairn and cist adjacent, taken from the SSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

15/1/2001

SC 1731936

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1993

SC 1732210

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the sheepfold, cairn and cist with the remains of the enclosure and scooped settlement adjacent, taken from the W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

15/1/2001

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Publication Drawing: Scooped Settlement and Enclosure, Stanhope Cottage

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

2/1963

SC 1732076

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the scooped settlement and enclosure with the remains of the sheepfold, cairn and cist adjacent, taken from the SSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

15/1/2001

SC 1732212

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the sheepfold, cairn and cist with the remains of the enclosure, scooped settlement, banks and enclosure adjacent, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

15/1/2001

SC 1732234

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the buildings, banks, sheepfold, cairn and cist with the remains of the enclosure and scooped settlement adjacent, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

15/1/2001

SC 1732211

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the enclosure and scooped settlement, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

15/1/2001

SC 1732240

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the enclosure and scooped settlement with the remains of the sheepfold, cairn and cist adjacent, taken from the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

15/1/2001

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Administrative Areas

Council Scottish Borders, The
Parish Drumelzier
Former Region Borders
Former District Tweeddale
Former County Peebles-shire

Archaeology Notes

NT12NW 47 1238 2998

A scooped settlement measuring 150' by 100' internally, is situated on the lower NW slopes of Craig Head. The enclosing wall, originally about 8' thick, appears on the NW and SW as a stony bank spread to a width of 12', but it is otherwise represented only by several facing stones. The entrance is on the W. The lower part of the settlement contains two excavated courts, divided by a passage aligned with the settlement entrance. A depression in the S court is probably modern. The upper part of the settlement contains a row of four house-platforms separated by an unexcavated ridge.

RCAHMS 1967, visited 1956.

Generally as described. The scooped settlement contains only three positive house platforms.

Visited by OS (RDL) 16 March 1964; (IA) 5 September 1972.

Activities

Field Visit (July 1989)

RCAHMS Afforestable Land Survey, Stanhope

This settlement is much as described in the Inventory (RCAHMS 1967), but the plan omits what appears to be the enclosing wall of the settlement on the S.

Visited by RCAHMS (SPH) July 1989.

Sbc Note

Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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