Susie's Walls (Wark)
Centred at NY 75937553 on a level terrace on the south bank of Wark Burn at 213m OD are three stack stands (A,D,F) and three enclosures (B,C,E). (All diameters are between the centres of turf banks.)
'A' - NY 75867553 is well preserved 8.4m diameter, bank 2m wide and 0.6m maximum height. There is a well preserved outer ditch about 1m wide 0.3m deep.
'D' - NY 75897553 is also well preserved but oval 10.2m east/west by 8.8m diameters, bank 2.3m wide 0.7m high. Around the south east quadrant it is set on the edge of a gully and no ditch is evident but it is clear around the outside of the remaining bank.
'F' - NY 75997551 is in the centre of a forest ride and now much obscured by grass. It is 8.5m north west/south east by 7.5m in diameter, bank 2m wide 0.5m maximum height.
'B' - NY 75887556 About 20m north east of 'A' are the ill-defined remains of a rectangular enclosure about 20m north west/south west by 18m.
'C' - Is attached to the north west side of stack stand.
'D', but with breaks in its bank for the ditch. It is near rectangular with rounded sides and 20.5m north west south east by 14.4m transversely with bank 2.0m wide 0.5m high which also has traces of a shallow outer ditch.
'E' - NY 75937553 is rectangular 11m north west/south east by 7m with bank 2.0m wide 0.6m maximum height. A short bank runs off for 7m from the north corner. This could have been a turf-walled building as there is a break in the north east wall which may be the entrance.
The whole is most probably the remains of a small 18th century farmstead similar to that at NY 67 SE 8. Surveyed at 1:10,000.
(It is almost certain that NY 77 NE 2 was part of this site but unfortunately the area occupied by the enclosure and the 'old sheep fold' (which were almost certainly two stack stands) is now covered by dense afforestation and no definite trace of them was found). (1)
On the south bank of the Warks Burn is a group of earthworks including stack stands, lazy beds, garths or enclosures, and houses. (2)
The farmstead is recorded as Susies Walls and is recorded within a list of archaeological sites on the Haining holdings. (3)
Additional Reference (4)
'A' - NY 75867553 is well preserved 8.4m diameter, bank 2m wide and 0.6m maximum height. There is a well preserved outer ditch about 1m wide 0.3m deep.
'D' - NY 75897553 is also well preserved but oval 10.2m east/west by 8.8m diameters, bank 2.3m wide 0.7m high. Around the south east quadrant it is set on the edge of a gully and no ditch is evident but it is clear around the outside of the remaining bank.
'F' - NY 75997551 is in the centre of a forest ride and now much obscured by grass. It is 8.5m north west/south east by 7.5m in diameter, bank 2m wide 0.5m maximum height.
'B' - NY 75887556 About 20m north east of 'A' are the ill-defined remains of a rectangular enclosure about 20m north west/south west by 18m.
'C' - Is attached to the north west side of stack stand.
'D', but with breaks in its bank for the ditch. It is near rectangular with rounded sides and 20.5m north west south east by 14.4m transversely with bank 2.0m wide 0.5m high which also has traces of a shallow outer ditch.
'E' - NY 75937553 is rectangular 11m north west/south east by 7m with bank 2.0m wide 0.6m maximum height. A short bank runs off for 7m from the north corner. This could have been a turf-walled building as there is a break in the north east wall which may be the entrance.
The whole is most probably the remains of a small 18th century farmstead similar to that at NY 67 SE 8. Surveyed at 1:10,000.
(It is almost certain that NY 77 NE 2 was part of this site but unfortunately the area occupied by the enclosure and the 'old sheep fold' (which were almost certainly two stack stands) is now covered by dense afforestation and no definite trace of them was found). (1)
On the south bank of the Warks Burn is a group of earthworks including stack stands, lazy beds, garths or enclosures, and houses. (2)
The farmstead is recorded as Susies Walls and is recorded within a list of archaeological sites on the Haining holdings. (3)
Additional Reference (4)
N6920
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1979; I S Sainsbury
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