Stanshiel Rig
Ring Ditch House (Prehistoric)
Site Name Stanshiel Rig
Classification Ring Ditch House (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Beattock Hill
Canmore ID 87590
Site Number NT00SE 7.04
NGR NT 0560 0165
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87590
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkpatrick-juxta
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NT00SE 7.04 0560 0165
Situated on a low terrace about 15m NW of the large circular settlement NT00SE 8, there are the remains of a ring-ditch house. It is roughly circular on plan and measures about 10m in diameter over a very shallow, poorly-defined ditch.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 9 October 1990.
Listed as timber round-house.
RCAHMS 1997.