Cademuir Hill
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cademuir Hill
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Whaum
Canmore ID 51312
Site Number NT23NW 40
NGR NT 2373 3803
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51312
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Peebles
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT23NW 40 2373 3803.
NT 2373 3803. A settlement is situated on level ground 530 yds NW of the summit of Cademuir Hill. Heart-shaped on plan, it measures about 100' in either direction within a wall which now appears in part as a low stony bank, from which a few facing-stones protrude, and in part as a mere scarp. The wall turns in on either side of the entrance. Former cultivation has levelled a stretch of the wall on the W side and also the S part of the interior. The N part contains the platforms of two timber houses, measuring 25' across in each case, and also the foundations of a secondary stone-walled house, measuring 25' in diameter internally, which lies partly on the N arc of the settlement wall and partly on one of the earlier house-platforms. (Information from R W Feachem notebook 1961-2, 91)
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1962
As described by RCAHM.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 17 June 1971
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council