NY64166052. Situated at the bottom of steep slopes at the south east corner of a promontory beside a bend in the Kellah Burn are the footings of a rectangular building 7m north east-south west by 3m transversely between the centres of a turf-covered wall 1.3m thick 0.3m maximum height. No entrance is evident. Probably a shieling. Surveyed at 1:10,000. (1)

The department of Archaeology at Newcastle University carried out a periodical programme of survey, geophysics and excavation at Kellah Burn between 1996-1998. In 1998 excavation was carried out in trench 5 to reveal structure 3, which had been recorded as a rectangular earthwork by the OS as a post medieval shieling. The external dimensions of this building are 7.5m x 3.5m with an obvious entrance in the south east wall indicated by an embedded threshold stone. The walls were of drystone construction, consisting of regular shaped and possible worked and unworked medium to large stones. These were set either as an outer and inner face with a rubble core or as larger stones set crossways. A hearth consisting of three stone slabs and a boulder was exposed, charcoal deposits provided the opportunity of C14 dating. Revealed beneath this building was a gully which may provide evidence for an earlier structure sealed beneath a layer of silty colluvium. This gully may be a channel formed by water draining from the eaves of a timber or turf building, or possibly a truncated beam slot.(2)

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