| More information : [NT 97172051] Stone Circle. [NR] (1)
The diameter of the circle is 113 feet and it consists of 13 stones, 5 of which were erect in c 1866, and c 1926. At the latter time the upright stones stood between 2ft 9ins and 4ft 5ins above ground and the larger prostrate stones were between 3ft 3ins and 5ft 3ins in
length.
"Sixty feet to the north of the circle lies a large boulder measuring 4 feet and some 1-1/2ft in height; to the northwest of it lie two boulders of similar size and another rather less".
Tate states that excavation revealed no burials, but that charcoal had been strewed over the original
surface, and that a portion of a small grey flint knife was
found. (2) & (3)
A stone circle on pasture land. There are five stones standing, of heights from 0.7m to 1.4m. Eight stones are fallen. See photograph.
The four stones to the N, referred to, are probably unrelated. (4)
"A very fine situation but very inaccessible - clearly a stone
circle proper - stones are of granite and many of them hollowed dangerously at their bases.......
They are on sloping ground with a view only down the burn. There is neither ditch nor bank and nothing to indicate the centre.
1. Standing Stone - height 3ft
2. Fallen and base broken - length (=height)3ft 9ins
3. Standing stone - height 2ft 10ins
4. Standing stone - height 4ft
5. Standing stone - height 3ft 10ins
6. Fallen stone - height (length 4ft 6ins). Hole to north.
7. Very small irregular shaped stone about 2ft square
8. Under tuft of heather. Stone located by kicking.
9. Standing stone - height 3ft.
10. Wedge shaped standing - height 1ft 6ins flat face inwards.
11. Not standing so presumbaly fallen - half covered by turf.
12. Fallen stone - length (= height) 4ft 6ins.
13. Cavity
14. Fallen stone - length (= height) 5ft 3ins
15. Small stone below fence
There are thirteen stones in all, four of them standing and one hole."(Mr Crawford's survey (prob taped) when plotted - see Illustration
Card - gives an inner circle diameter of 108 feet with two outliers
in the northwest quadrant on a radius of 63 feet) (5)
Condition as F1 report.
Published survey (25") revised. (6)
NT 9713 2049 No change since reports of 7 10 55 and 24 9 69.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD. (7)
NT 971 205. The stone circle near Threestoneburn. Scheduled No ND/129. (8)
Ilderton, Threestone Burn. Of its thirteen remaining stones five
stand - with ominously hollowed bases - in a spacious ring 118ft E-W by 96ft (36 x 29.3m). Ranging from 1ft 9ins to 5ft 6ins in height at the N (0.5-1.7m) there is a hefty block at the SW. The site itself is odd, with a fall of some 8ft (2.4m) from N to S. (9)
The stones are visible in aerial photographs to the west of Threestoneburn House. These were mapped as part of the Northern Cheviot Hills Aerial Investigation and Mapping Project. (10)
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