More information : Farmstead complex situated on the N bank of the River Coquet. The
house occupies a position on the flat terrace with it's associated
enclosures on either side and on the steep slope to the north.
A: foundations of the house consisting of turf-covered stony banks
with a maximum height of 0.4m amd individual stones up to 0.75m long.
A few facing stones are visible. There is a possible entrance on the
south side but no internal features are visible.
B: enclosure on a very steep slope. The enclosure walls, stony banks
up to c.0.3m high, join the house but the relationship is uncertain.
There has been some levelling and scarping of the interior
immediately behind the house.
C: small rectangular enclosure. It is joined at B but the
relationship is uncertain, though the W wall is closer in character
to the walls of B, suggesting that C is a later addition. This
enclosure was apparently open to the N. The S wall consists of a
single line of stones only but the E wall is a substantial double
line of facing stones, each one up to 0.75m long. The interior is
"dished", suggesting that there has been an attempt to level it.
D: a bank, up to c.0.3m high, may be part of relatively modern
drainage. Two detached sections of this bank straddling the modern
trackway to the N were not surveyed. The raised platform to the SW
of D looks like a building platform on APs (NT 8210/3/34) (1a) but
to ground inspection appears to be natural.
E: a slight bank, up to c.0.1m high, and scattered stone rickle.
F: a very slight platform, possibly for an outbuilding. The S scarp
is indistinct and only 0.2m high.
G: a bank, up to 0.2m high, possibly part of modern drainage.
H: to the east of B and C are further remains of walls, banks and
scoops, too abraded for survey. (1)
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