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Field Visit
Date April 1912
Event ID 1088603
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1088603
236. Ancient March, Dabshead Hill.
About a mile north of the summit of Dabshead Hill a track commences on the top of the high bank on the left side of the Earnscleugh Burn and runs with an irregular course south-east for over ¼ mile. It consists of a trench with a mound on the south side measuring some 17 feet over all. The crest of the mound is 3 feet 9 inches above the bottom of the trench at the best preserved portion. Traverses cross the trench 9 to 15 feet apart. After crossing the north-east side of a deep hollow, where it is very indistinct, it can be traced for about 80 yards in a southerly direction till it disappears in a bog. Shortly before entering the hollow, the dyke appears to be intermitted for a space of about 40 feet.
A similar construction [NT55SW 4] commences on the moor, more than ¾ mile east-north-east of Longcroft steading, and runs south-southeast for about 400 yards, likewise terminating in a bog. Both constructions are probably ancient boundary banks.
RCAHMS 1915, visited April 1912.
OS Map: Ber., xiv. SW.
