Roman period settlement and medieval shieling on Brands Hill (Cheviotside)
(NT 98252417) Camp. (1)
A circular earthwork with single rampart enclosing approximately 1/4 acre. (2)
Type H2 (Hut circles or stock enclosures). (3)
There are remains of fortified dwellings at Old Town Braes with a single rampart and several foundations within. (4)
A small fortified knoll. Two ramparts crammed with hut circles. (5)
Defensively situated on the summit of a knoll with the steep slopes of a small valley to the south-west and slighter slopes on the remaining sides.
The feature consists of an irregular enclosure with an outer annexe on the south-east side. The enclosure has a strong inner rampart of earth and stones, maximum height 1.5m, and the remains of a slight outer bank, maximum height 0.3m, on the more accessible north-east side. The apparent entrance is on the south side where the rampart kinks. There is also a gap, possibly original, where the modern wall crosses, in the south-east quadrant. Inside the main enclosure are several hut circles 5m to 8m in diameter. From the largest of these hut circles, internal dividing walls radiate towards the inner rampart. The annex to the south-east is contained by a mutilated bank of earth and stones, maximum height 0.4m. Inside the annex are the remains of dividing walls and traces of two hut circles.
The nearest water supply is the nearby stream to the south-west. Earthworks of this type with hut circles and internal divisions are usually attributed to the native period. (6)
Brands Hill No 6. Listed under Romano-British enclosed stone-built settlements. (7)
A good example of this type of settlement. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (8)
No change since reports of 3-10-55 and 20-8-69. Surveyed at 1:10,000 on MSD. (9)
Scheduled. (10)
NT 982242 Enclosures on Brands Hill W of Old Middleton; scheduled. (11a)
A circular earthwork with single rampart enclosing approximately 1/4 acre. (2)
Type H2 (Hut circles or stock enclosures). (3)
There are remains of fortified dwellings at Old Town Braes with a single rampart and several foundations within. (4)
A small fortified knoll. Two ramparts crammed with hut circles. (5)
Defensively situated on the summit of a knoll with the steep slopes of a small valley to the south-west and slighter slopes on the remaining sides.
The feature consists of an irregular enclosure with an outer annexe on the south-east side. The enclosure has a strong inner rampart of earth and stones, maximum height 1.5m, and the remains of a slight outer bank, maximum height 0.3m, on the more accessible north-east side. The apparent entrance is on the south side where the rampart kinks. There is also a gap, possibly original, where the modern wall crosses, in the south-east quadrant. Inside the main enclosure are several hut circles 5m to 8m in diameter. From the largest of these hut circles, internal dividing walls radiate towards the inner rampart. The annex to the south-east is contained by a mutilated bank of earth and stones, maximum height 0.4m. Inside the annex are the remains of dividing walls and traces of two hut circles.
The nearest water supply is the nearby stream to the south-west. Earthworks of this type with hut circles and internal divisions are usually attributed to the native period. (6)
Brands Hill No 6. Listed under Romano-British enclosed stone-built settlements. (7)
A good example of this type of settlement. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (8)
No change since reports of 3-10-55 and 20-8-69. Surveyed at 1:10,000 on MSD. (9)
Scheduled. (10)
NT 982242 Enclosures on Brands Hill W of Old Middleton; scheduled. (11a)
N1728
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; E Geary
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
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