Whinney Hill medieval farmstead (Cheviotside)
(NT 99392259) Whinney Hill. The site of an earthwork. (1)
Type B2 (forts on high ground less dependant on natural slopes for protection. (2)
Very faint trace of a small camp (siting given as 500 yards south-east of NT 92 SE 50 ie. at c.NT 995225). (3)
Remains of an earthwork, almost ploughed out, situated on a north-east slope of a hill at NT 99492250. Appears as a sub-rectangular platform 0.5m high. Traces of a ditch on north-west and south-west sides, of maximum depth 0.2m. North-east side bank merges with natural slopes. Interior surface is irregular. There are no definite traces of internal occupation. There is no dating evidence. Nearest water supply is a stream to the south.
The position of the earthwork corresponds with the description in Authority 1, but the co-ordinates given, apparently refer to the same site, there being no traces of antiquity at the position given. (4)
A small sub-rectangular work formed by a single ditch on three sides, and a natural scarp on the fourth. Although reduced by ploughing to a superficial depression, the ditch appears to have had a wide flat-bottomed profile. This together with the presence of an internal rectangular platform, probably a building steading, suggests a minor medieval or later enclosure. Surveyed at 1/2500. (5)
No change since reports of 6/10/55 and 1/10/69. The site has been mutilated by rig and furrow ploughing which has itself been ploughed down. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (6)
NT994225. Soil mark of sub-rectangular enclosure with rounded corners. Visible on infra-red line scan. (7)(8)
Sub-rectangular enclosure measuring 68m north east-south west by 75m. It is enclosed by a bank and ditch; the bank stands 0.2m high and measures up to 4m wide on the south east side. The interior is raised with a slight bank around the inner edge. In the interior, at the north west corner lies a rectangular platform 12m by 17m by 0.5m high and to the south of this are traces of ridge and furrow cultivation which measures 3m to 4m from furrow to furrow and stands no more than 0.1m high. Outside the enclosure are further remains of ridge and furrow cultivation. The enclosure is interpreted as a possible medieval farmstead or moated site. (9)
The enclosure is clearly visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery. (10)
Type B2 (forts on high ground less dependant on natural slopes for protection. (2)
Very faint trace of a small camp (siting given as 500 yards south-east of NT 92 SE 50 ie. at c.NT 995225). (3)
Remains of an earthwork, almost ploughed out, situated on a north-east slope of a hill at NT 99492250. Appears as a sub-rectangular platform 0.5m high. Traces of a ditch on north-west and south-west sides, of maximum depth 0.2m. North-east side bank merges with natural slopes. Interior surface is irregular. There are no definite traces of internal occupation. There is no dating evidence. Nearest water supply is a stream to the south.
The position of the earthwork corresponds with the description in Authority 1, but the co-ordinates given, apparently refer to the same site, there being no traces of antiquity at the position given. (4)
A small sub-rectangular work formed by a single ditch on three sides, and a natural scarp on the fourth. Although reduced by ploughing to a superficial depression, the ditch appears to have had a wide flat-bottomed profile. This together with the presence of an internal rectangular platform, probably a building steading, suggests a minor medieval or later enclosure. Surveyed at 1/2500. (5)
No change since reports of 6/10/55 and 1/10/69. The site has been mutilated by rig and furrow ploughing which has itself been ploughed down. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (6)
NT994225. Soil mark of sub-rectangular enclosure with rounded corners. Visible on infra-red line scan. (7)(8)
Sub-rectangular enclosure measuring 68m north east-south west by 75m. It is enclosed by a bank and ditch; the bank stands 0.2m high and measures up to 4m wide on the south east side. The interior is raised with a slight bank around the inner edge. In the interior, at the north west corner lies a rectangular platform 12m by 17m by 0.5m high and to the south of this are traces of ridge and furrow cultivation which measures 3m to 4m from furrow to furrow and stands no more than 0.1m high. Outside the enclosure are further remains of ridge and furrow cultivation. The enclosure is interpreted as a possible medieval farmstead or moated site. (9)
The enclosure is clearly visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery. (10)
N1726
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; R W Emsley
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; R W Emsley
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