Scooped settlement on Knock Hill (Cheviotside)
(NT 99681703) A small oval enclosure about 50 feet by 75 feet, hollowed out, with a massive wall of tumbled stone. No internal buildings visible. (1)
Remains of a scooped homestead are situated, at approximately 810 feet above sea-level, upon step south-east moorland pasture slopes, overlooking the valley of the River Breamish to the south and east. High ground rises to the north-west.
The earthwork lies upon a little terrace. A bank of earth and stone encloses the south-east side, and there is an entrance in the south-west and north-east ends. The north-west side is scooped below a hut circle which lies above the interior. It is of 6m diameter and has an entrance in the south-east side. The bank is carried around the outside of the hut circle and fades out on the steep slopes above. Another small hut circle of 4m diameter lies in the east corner of the interior by the entrance. Opposite on the north-west side, the outer bank is carried up the slopes for a short distance.
The earthwork would be a homestead for one or two families with their stock. This feature, although unlike that described by Authority 1, is the only earthwork in the area and is assumed to be the one referred to. There is no evidence for dating the site. (2)
The probable remains of an enclosed Romano-British homestead. Sketch survey at 25 inch scale. (3)
No change from report of 25/6/69. Surveyed at 1:10,000. (4)
NT 9968 1705. A scooped settlement containing two roundhouses lies at 260 m OD on a steep S-facing slope.
The main wall of the enclosure is 1.5 m wide and 0.3 m high, expanding to 5.0 m wide and 0.4 m high near the entrance on the W side. The entrance is c 3 m wide. The wall is now a stony bank, well turf-covered and much disturbed by a later boundary wall [NT 9917/40] and by modern sheep tracks at the E end.
The larger roundhouse, to the W, is 5.0 m across within scarps 1.5 m wide and up to 0.5 m high. The entrance must have been in the S. Little stone is visible.
The smaller roundhouse is more doubtful with indistinct scarps. It is 3.0 m across within scarps 1.5 m wide and 0.4 m high. Little stone is visible and no entrance, though it must have been to the S.
A possible clearance heap inside the enclosure measuring 4.5 m x 2.5 m across and 0.3 m high, is only partly overgrown and is presumably later than the enclosure. (5a)
Remains of a scooped homestead are situated, at approximately 810 feet above sea-level, upon step south-east moorland pasture slopes, overlooking the valley of the River Breamish to the south and east. High ground rises to the north-west.
The earthwork lies upon a little terrace. A bank of earth and stone encloses the south-east side, and there is an entrance in the south-west and north-east ends. The north-west side is scooped below a hut circle which lies above the interior. It is of 6m diameter and has an entrance in the south-east side. The bank is carried around the outside of the hut circle and fades out on the steep slopes above. Another small hut circle of 4m diameter lies in the east corner of the interior by the entrance. Opposite on the north-west side, the outer bank is carried up the slopes for a short distance.
The earthwork would be a homestead for one or two families with their stock. This feature, although unlike that described by Authority 1, is the only earthwork in the area and is assumed to be the one referred to. There is no evidence for dating the site. (2)
The probable remains of an enclosed Romano-British homestead. Sketch survey at 25 inch scale. (3)
No change from report of 25/6/69. Surveyed at 1:10,000. (4)
NT 9968 1705. A scooped settlement containing two roundhouses lies at 260 m OD on a steep S-facing slope.
The main wall of the enclosure is 1.5 m wide and 0.3 m high, expanding to 5.0 m wide and 0.4 m high near the entrance on the W side. The entrance is c 3 m wide. The wall is now a stony bank, well turf-covered and much disturbed by a later boundary wall [NT 9917/40] and by modern sheep tracks at the E end.
The larger roundhouse, to the W, is 5.0 m across within scarps 1.5 m wide and up to 0.5 m high. The entrance must have been in the S. Little stone is visible.
The smaller roundhouse is more doubtful with indistinct scarps. It is 3.0 m across within scarps 1.5 m wide and 0.4 m high. Little stone is visible and no entrance, though it must have been to the S.
A possible clearance heap inside the enclosure measuring 4.5 m x 2.5 m across and 0.3 m high, is only partly overgrown and is presumably later than the enclosure. (5a)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1976; B H Pritchard
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: SE Cheviots Project ; RCHME
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1976; B H Pritchard
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: SE Cheviots Project ; RCHME
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