Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 561866
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/561866
Heriot's Dyke, which runs across Greenlaw Moor from east to west, once formed a boundary marker. Originally, it was probably much longer.
Across Greenlaw Moor, the dyke survives as a rounded bank, with a ditch to the north. It is thought that this monument represents an early form of political boundary, and it may date from anywhere between the late prehistoric to medieval period.
The dyke has survived on the moor as the land has not been subjected to intensive agriculture, although it has suffered some damage through burrowing.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
