Archaeology Notes

Event ID 720043

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT65NE 5 68 59.

(A. NT 6802 5924 - NT 6824 5902)

(B. NT 6929 5906 - NT 6826 5932)

Redpath Black Dykes. Two dykes 1100yds SW of Redpath. One commences 90yds. North of Redpath road end, and runs WNW for 125yds to within 8yds of the Longformacus Road; it then bends NWW. Total length 350yds. The other lies to the NE being 130yds distant at its north-west end. It is 180yds long. The lower dyke is 32' overall; trench 4'9" deep. Mound on each side of ditch. Second dyke similar, but of lesser proportions.

J H Craw 1928.

Two earth and stone banks

"A" average overall 9.5m; with trench between, average depth 1.4m.

"B" Of similar construction, average overall 8.5m, with trench between 0.8m average depth.

Visited by OS (JFC) 16 December 1954.

"B" resurveyed. These are unusual dykes, rather like bi-vallate "covered-ways", but their purpose is uncertain.

Visited by OS (JLD) 23 December 1954.

As described above, they consist of a ditch with an up-cast mound on each side.

Extent: "A" - From NT 6802 5924 to NT 6824 5902.

"B" - From NT 6815 5935 to NT 6822 5918.

Visited by OS(WDJ) 29 October 1963.

Listed

RCAHMS 1980, visited 1979.