Roman period settlement on Brands Hill (Cheviotside)
Aerial view of settlements on Brands Hill. This settlement is the large circular enclosure at the top. Photo © Tim Gates.
(Name NT 98182337) Camp. (1)
North Cowboys Cairn. A circular earthwork with single rampart enclosing approximately 1/4 acre. (2)
Type H2 (Huts or stock enclosures). (3)
A Votadinium Homestead in good condition, hut in centre, two in walls. (4)
NT 98122338. A circular enclosure on the south-east slope of the hill, of banks of earth and stones, of maximum width 4m, maximum height 1.2m. There are traces of external revetting.
There is a simple entrance to the south-east, but with traces of revetting on each side. Two other gaps in the rampart are probably either modern, or due to mutilation.
The interior is scooped towards the north-east and south-west sides to a maximum depth of 1m.
A hut circle against north-west side is of 7m diameter. Bracken covering the interior may obscure slight traces of further constructions, and is too dense to verify the existence of the two hut circles in the walls, as mentioned in Authority 4. Nearest water supply is a stream to the south-west.
A small enclosure with simple hut circles is usually attributed to native origin. (5)
Listed under Romano-British enclosed stone built settlements. (6)
A typical homestead of the period, in good condition. It contains one free-standing hut site, and possibly two others abutting the interior of the enclosure wall. Revised at 6 inch scale. (7)
No conditional change since reports of 6/10/55 and 25/8/69.
Oval, rather than circular, the enclosure measures overall about 34m east-west by about 38m transversely.
A low scarp, maximum height 0.2m, around the outside of east side of the enclosure at a distance of about 6-7 metres is contemporary, possibly suggestive of a palisade. It turns inward and butts against the main enclosure bank about 3m south of the entrance. Another bank, more substantial, runs for a distance of about 30m almost on a tangent to the north end of the main enclosure. There is no obvious connection and it may be part of a later field boundary.
Surveyed at 1:10,000 on MSD. (8)
Scheduled. (9)
North Cowboys Cairn. A circular earthwork with single rampart enclosing approximately 1/4 acre. (2)
Type H2 (Huts or stock enclosures). (3)
A Votadinium Homestead in good condition, hut in centre, two in walls. (4)
NT 98122338. A circular enclosure on the south-east slope of the hill, of banks of earth and stones, of maximum width 4m, maximum height 1.2m. There are traces of external revetting.
There is a simple entrance to the south-east, but with traces of revetting on each side. Two other gaps in the rampart are probably either modern, or due to mutilation.
The interior is scooped towards the north-east and south-west sides to a maximum depth of 1m.
A hut circle against north-west side is of 7m diameter. Bracken covering the interior may obscure slight traces of further constructions, and is too dense to verify the existence of the two hut circles in the walls, as mentioned in Authority 4. Nearest water supply is a stream to the south-west.
A small enclosure with simple hut circles is usually attributed to native origin. (5)
Listed under Romano-British enclosed stone built settlements. (6)
A typical homestead of the period, in good condition. It contains one free-standing hut site, and possibly two others abutting the interior of the enclosure wall. Revised at 6 inch scale. (7)
No conditional change since reports of 6/10/55 and 25/8/69.
Oval, rather than circular, the enclosure measures overall about 34m east-west by about 38m transversely.
A low scarp, maximum height 0.2m, around the outside of east side of the enclosure at a distance of about 6-7 metres is contemporary, possibly suggestive of a palisade. It turns inward and butts against the main enclosure bank about 3m south of the entrance. Another bank, more substantial, runs for a distance of about 30m almost on a tangent to the north end of the main enclosure. There is no obvious connection and it may be part of a later field boundary.
Surveyed at 1:10,000 on MSD. (8)
Scheduled. (9)
N1748
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; A S Phillips
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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