More information : Found during field investigation at NT 82150184 an
irregular-shaped enclosure formed by a slight earthen bank with an
internal gutter. Although designated an antiquity by a Ministry of
Defence star sign, it appears to be of no great age, and may well
be no more than the remains of a temporary type of sheep-fold.
Surveyed at 6" scale. (1)
The remains of a turf banked irregular shaped enclosure on gently
sloping grassland on the west side of Sills Burn.
It measures 50.0m east-west by 40.0m transversely between the
centres of a turf bank (spread to about 2.0m and 0.5m maximum
height) formed from the debris from a small internal ditch now
almost infilled. The only trace of a possible entrance is central to
the north side. The enclosure appears to have had a small
sub-division in the south west corner but otherwise the flat
but sloping interior is featureless.
The enclosure is definitely not defensive and from the fairly sharp
profile of the abnk in the north is apparently quite modern and
almost certainly the remains of a stock enclosure possibly
associated with NT 80 SW 10 (Bout 160m to the south south east) or
the old steading of Pity Me 130m due north.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD. (2)
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