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Shiel Burn
Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Shiel Burn
Classification Scooped Settlement (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Shielburn; Shiel Burn 2
Canmore ID 67308
Site Number NY29SE 14
NGR NY 28705 91772
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67308
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY29SE 14 2871 9177.
(NY 2871 9177) Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
This earthwork is similar in character to NY29SE 13, which is noted as a settlement by Jobey. It measures 240' by 150' within a single flat-topped rampart and outer ditch, now very shallow, on the outer lip of which is a counterscarp bank. There are traces of stonework on the crest of the rampart, (similar to NY29SE 10). Entrance has been from the SW into a hollow way flanked for some 60' on the left by a slight bank. RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; RCAHMS Marginal Lands Survey TS., visited 1955; G Jobey 1971
This earthwork is generally as described, although no stonework was noted on the crest of the rampart. The interior has been afforested. By comparison with NY29SE 13 and others, this earthwork is typical of the settlement class.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 8 October 1973
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (TRG) 5 September 1978.
Field Visit (14 July 1955)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
Field Visit (July 1980)
Shiel Burn 2 NY 287 917 NY29SE 14
This settlement is situated within a forestry plantation 170m SE of the settlement no. 55. The scooped interior measures about 60m by 40m and is enclosed by a thick bank (with a possible external ditch) on all sides except the E, where there is a steep slope.
RCAHMS 1980, visited July 1980
(RCAHMS 1920, p. 214, No. 635)
Note (1997)
NY 2871 9177 NY29SE 14
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
Field Visit (2012)
NY 2871 9177 There is a near concentric outwork on W between 27 and 30m from the main rampart consisting of a 6m broad bank and 3m outer ditch. The bank is offset either side of the entrance, which is 50m NW of the entrance gap in the main rampart. Within the main enclosure, on the crest of the escarpment, there is a stone building 15 x 13m over 3m wall remains. This evidence suggests medieval reuse of the settlement.
Archive: RCAHMS
Tom Welsh,
2012
