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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Crunzierton Wood Scooped SettlementCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.79 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Johnstonebridge / Moffat Nearest Village: St Ann's
Map Ref: NY0625093750
Latitude: 55.229029N Longitude: 3.475529W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Anne T visited on 25th Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Access: 4 Crunzierton Wood Scooped Settlement: I found the 'scramble' up the steep, leaf covered slope to reach the settlement a little bit of a challenge, and rather than slide back down, we came back down on what had been a forestry track (now ruined by recent harvesting) on the north eastern side of the settlement.
What a pleasant part of the world, very rural, with what appeared to be mixed forestry rather than just pine.
Easier to see the outline of the settlement with the naked eye rather than try and capture it with the camera. Would love to come back when the undergrowth has died back.
Canmore ID 66409 in 1991 recorded this Middle Iron Age scooped settlement as being "situated on the SE flank of Crunzierton Hill and lies within a forestry clearing. Sub-circular on plan, it measures 28m from E to W by 27.5m transversely within a grass-covered stony bank which measures up to 4.2m in thickness and up to 1m in height. The position of the entrance is not known". Within the settlement is the remains of a hut circle, although this was not visible amidst the tall bracken and nettles present at the time of our visit.
The outline of the settlement was much easier to see with the naked eye rather than trying to capture it on the camera, as the outer banks could be picked out.
We parked at the side of a forestry track, recently used for cutting trees, at approx. NY 06323 93777, but because of all the tree debris, we walked back to NY 06320 93727 and climbed up a dry, but steep, slope.
There are a number of other settlements in the area, including one just to the south (which looked as if it is now in a private garden), and a larger settlement at Mollin at NY 0542 9360.
With so many other other archaeological features in this area, I would love to go back and explore more, but will need strong walking boots for the heavily wooded/recently harvested areas.
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