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Latitude: 55.722 / 55°43'19"N
Longitude: -2.5976 / 2°35'51"W
OS Eastings: 362556
OS Northings: 647784
OS Grid: NT625477
Mapcode National: GBR B298.DN
Mapcode Global: WH8XB.2F9S
Entry Name: Houndslow,settlement 600m NW of
Scheduled Date: 30 March 1987
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4421
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Westruther
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire
Traditional County: Berwickshire
The monument is an enclosed settlement of the later Bronze Age/Iron Age situated on a natural raised platform in low-lying marshy ground. The enclosed area measures about 75m x 60m and is defined on all sides except the N by a low stony bank about 0.2m high and by a shallow ditch between 0.2m and 0.5m deep. On the N there also appears to have been an internal ditch stretching for about 15m. There is an entrance c. 7m wide on the S. An area measuring 110m (N-S) x 100m transversely is proposed for scheduling, to include the enclosure and an area around it in which traces of associated activity will survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is a moderately well preserved example of a rare type. It is of national importance to the theme of later prehistoric settlement. Archaeological excavation of the monument would provide information of considerable importance on the way of life and system of agriculture of the inhabitants.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the site as NT 64 NW 5.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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