Bank Head Hill
Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Bank Head Hill
Classification Settlement (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Bankburnfoot; Bank Head Hill 1; Deil's Jingle
Canmore ID 67336
Site Number NY29SE 4
NGR NY 25376 92810
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67336
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Eskdalemuir
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Remains of later prehistoric enclosed settlement site located in clearing in commercial forestry plantation, adjacent to linear earthwork 4458, on west-facing slope in White Esk river valley. Relatively localised setting to valley, main views would have been south and north along valley.
information from Héléna Gray, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), August 2015
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278420
NY29SE 4 25376 92810
(NY 2536 9281) Ancient Earthwork (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957).
Location formerly entered as NY 2536 9281.
See also NY29SE 2.
A circular 'fort' some 165' in diameter formed of a broad rampart with trench 20' to 34' wide and up to 6' deep, entered from SW. Traces of a 4' wall which surmounted the rampart are visible on the S side of the entrance. Against the rampart on the SE side are the foundations of a small oblong structure.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912
This oval enclosure measures 49.0m E-W by 40.0m within an earth-and-stone bank and ditch. On the crest of the bank on the S are the remains of a stone wall 1.3m wide with several outer faces, but it's origin is questionable due to the proximity of the recent wall of the sheep pen. The entrance is in the SW. Although the interior of the enclosure is featureless, its non-defensive situation and construction is typical of settlements of the area.
Revised at 25".
Visited by OS (DWR) 16 October 1973
No change to previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 17 October 1978
Settlement, NY 2544 9281 Clear of planting.
A M Jackson 1978, 49.
Field Visit (August 1980)
Bank Head Hill 1 NY 253 928 NY29SE 4
Situated within a clearing in the Deil's Jingle forest there is an oval settlement measuring 43m by 39m within a bank (4.6m thick and 1.2m high) and external ditch. The NE arc of the ditch has been incorporated into the linear earthwork known as the Deil's Jingle.
RCAHMS 1980, visited August 1980
(RCAHMS 1920, p. 71, No. 176)
Note (1997)
NY 2536 9281 NY29SE 4
Listed as 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