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Newland Hill

Earthwork (Period Unknown), Unenclosed Settlement (Prehistoric)

Site Name Newland Hill

Classification Earthwork (Period Unknown), Unenclosed Settlement (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Capelfoot

Canmore ID 67163

Site Number NY28NE 1

NGR NY 25390 86255

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Tundergarth
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Annandale And Eskdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Summary Record (May 2014 - March 2015)

Remains of later prehistoric enclosed settlement located within rough pasture in elevated position on southwest facing edge of Newland Hill, below the hill summit, overlooking Capel Burn valley. Distant views along and across valley to south-east, south and south-west, and across to Water of Milk river valley to the south-west and west.

information from Héléna Gray, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), August 2015

OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278420

Archaeology Notes

NY28NE 1 25390 86255

(NY 2535 8623) Ancient Earthwork (NAT)

OS 6" map (1957).

Location formerly entered as NY 2537 8623.

Not to be confused with fort at NY 2487 8637, for which see NY28NW 6.

An unfinished fort is situated at 1000 ft OD, adjacent to the summit of Newland Hill. A ramp 6ft to 8ft high, with a slight hollow at its base, forming the SW quadrant of a circle, may be seen. It ends abruptly and the rest of the supposed periphery is not naturally protected.

(Visible on APs 540/1540/F21:0036-7).

RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; G Jobey 1971

NY 2537 8623 This crescentic earthwork is generally as described. Its situation, on a rounded hill overlooked and easily approached from the north-east, is suggestive of a settlement rather than a fort but in its incomplete state a precise classification is not possible.

All that can be seen is a 60.0m curving length of earthen bank, 10.0m broad, with an internal back scarp and a shallow external ditch. A 3.0m gap near the north-west end may be an entrance. There is no evidence of a marker trench.

Surveyed at 1:10 000.

Visited by OS (BS) 20 October 1978.

Scheduled as 'Newland Hill, settlement 1560m E of Capelfoot...'

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 27 January 2010.

Activities

Field Visit (16 November 1995)

NY 2537 8623 NY28NE 1

There are at least two, and probably three, timber round houses (measuring up to 11.7m in diameter over shallow ring-ditches) within the interior of the unfinished earthwork on Newland Hill.

There is no evidence that the earthwork on the S and W has ever formed a complete circuit, but a deeply hollowed trackway runs up the slope from an entrance on the SW.

Visited by RCAHMS (SPH, ARG), 16 November 1995.

Listed as defended settlement.

RCAHMS 1997.

Project (29 May 2014)

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd, a desk based assessment and walk over survey (May 29th 2014) was conducted

The historic environment record within the Site Boundary is relatively limited, although there is some potential for the proposed development site to contain previously unknown heritage assets from at least the later prehistoric period onwards, given the historic landscape character of the wider area. Taking this into account, the archaeological potential of the proposed development site is considered to be low.

A summary assessment, on a site by site basis, of the predicted effects on the settings of assets within a 10km radius where the blade tip ZTV indicates that there would be theoretical views of one or more turbines

information from Héléna Gray, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), August 2015

OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278420

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