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Romano-British settlement on Fairney Cleugh (Otterburn)

NY 873964. A probable Romano-British unenclosed forecourt settlement with 2(3?) huts at Blakeman's Law. In the vicinity were several stone piles which could have been field clearance cairns, although in one which had been robbed, the collapsed side-slab of a stone cist was clearly visible. (See reproduced plan). (1)

NY 87399636. Situated in a slight natural hollow on south-east facing hill slopes are the remains of a probable Romano British settlement consisting of a sub-rectangular enclosure, measuring approximately 30m north west - south east by 19m, and four hut circles. The enclosure is subdivided along its longer axis by a slight scarp forming two distinct levels. Of the hut circles, two have diameters of 4m and two of 7m between centres of turf covered stone walls, none of which have definite entrances but which presumably had access into the enclosure.
To the north-west and south-east of the settlement the remains of an associated field system of stony walls and small stone clearance heaps is evident, although poorly defined. The stone pile with a 'cist slab' (to which authority 1 refers) is more consistent with stone clearance than burial, as the single stone slab is not conclusive evidence of a cist.
Settlement surveyed at 1:10,000. (2)

Additional bibliography. (3,4)

Scheduled. (5)

Blakeman's Law, Romano British settlement with two to three round houses and field system.(6)
N8174
Roman (43 to 410)
Iron Age (800BC to 43AD)
Scheduled Ancient Monument
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1977; S Ainsworth


Source of Reference
Local History of Otterburn

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