Monument record MHG11955 - Hope Lodge

The remains of possible cairn, 13.5m in diameter. Information contained in letter from T C Welsh to OS , 23 July 1973.

A stony ring-bank with 2 large stones set on perimeter.
T C Welsh 1973.

Occupying the level summit of a prominent knoll, are poorly-preserved remains of a stony bank incorporating three or four earthfast boulders, which forms a circle, 9.5m internal diameter. The bank is vague and incomplete, and where best preserved is about 2m wide and 0.4m high. The largest of the boulders, 0.9m high, occurs in the SE arc adjacent to a lowering in the height of the bank, and may possibly delineate an entrance. Otherwise there is no evidence of a wall face. The interior is relatively free of stones and level. This enclosure cannot be classified with certainty, due to the denuded nature of the remains, though its appearance suggests some antiquity. The most likely classifications are (i) a denuded hut circle, (ii) an enclosed cremation cemetery, or (iii) a comprehensively robbed cairn. (See NC46SE 6 for possible association.)
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (N K B) 29 April 1980.