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Latitude: 55.7703 / 55°46'13"N
Longitude: -2.8455 / 2°50'43"W
OS Eastings: 347053
OS Northings: 653318
OS Grid: NT470533
Mapcode National: GBR 81KQ.RB
Mapcode Global: WH7VW.8788
Entry Name: Hartside, scooped homesteads 330m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 28 July 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4554
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: scooped homestead
Location: Channelkirk
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Leaderdale and Melrose
Traditional County: Berwickshire
The monument consists of two scooped homesteads of the Iron Age (some 2000 to 3000 years old) situated on a gently sloping plateau overlooking the Mountmill Burn. The S homestead is the larger, measuring c. 34m (NNW-SSE) x c. 30m transversely, and is a roughly oval scoop cut into the hillslope. The N, E, and SE sides of the site are enclosed by a bank c. 1m high and the entrance is from the NE. The second homestead, c. 3m to the NE, is sub-rectangular and measures c. 21m (NW-SE) x c. 20m.
It is only slightly scooped into the slope to the NW with a bank, surviving to c. 0.5m high, to the NE, SE, and SW. The entrance is to the SE. The area to be proposed for scheduling includes both homesteads and an area around them in which traces of activity associated with their use will survive. The area is a rectangle measuring 80m (NE-SW) x 55m transversely.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because the sites are well-preserved examples of Iron Age scooped homesteads which have the potential to enhance our understanding of monuments of this type. They are of particular interest because of their proximity to each other. Their importance is further increased by the presence in the area of a number of other sites of similar date but of very varied type which, taken together, have the potential to greatly increase our understanding of the settlement, economy and development of the landscape in the Iron Age in this area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NT 45 SE 14.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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