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Field Visit
Date 29 September 1948
Event ID 1130071
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1130071
NY 532 909. This small earthwork which is square and measuring 100 ft from side to side internally, lies on the open moorland 300 yds from the left bank of the Boghall Burn, at a height of 600 ft OD. It consists of a stony bank, spread to a breadth of 15 ft, and up to 1 ft 8 ins high on the inside, with a ditch, 15 ft wide outside it. At a point a few feet NW of the S corner the ditch is 2 ft 6 ins deep from the level of the ground outside and 4 ft 6 ins from the top of the bank. There is an entrance, originally about 7 ft wide, in the NW side. The earthwork is situated in an extensive system of rectangular fields, probably of later date as cultivation appears to have spread all over the site. The size and situation of the structure, together with its rectilinear plan and good state of preservation, suggest that it is a homestead moat.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 29 September 1948
