Archaeology Notes

Event ID 719045

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT53SW 50 5477 3397

The extent of the burgh of Melrose (NT 54 33) was defined by a boundary ditch called 'Tonman's Dyke', which may have been defensible. The ditch existed in the 12th century, and possibly goes back to the time of the foundation of the town. In later times crosses were erected at the entrances to the town and at the points where the direction of the boundary changed. The original name was 'Little Fordell'.

J Curle 1935

Mentioned as burgh of barony in 1605; re-erected burgh of barony in 1609; became a burgh of regality in 1621.

G S Pryde 1965.