Archaeology Notes

Event ID 730938

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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(NY 2924 9124) Bogle Walls (NAT)

Ancient Earthwork (NAT)

OS 6" map (1957)

'Bogle Walls': fort, defended settlement. A V-shaped ditch, 42' wide and up to 12' deep, with an inner rampart 7'-8' high and a slight mound on the counterscarp cuts off a triangular promontory 120' x 144', the other two sides having the natural defences of the steep slope to the bank of the Esk on the N, and to a glen on the W. Entrance was past the W end of the rampart. Along the NE side where the rampart has apparently returned for some 40', there is evidence of a 5' thick stone wall and there are further indications of walling above the glen. Two depressions on the point probably mark hut sites.

RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; RCAHMS Marginal Lands Survey TS, visited 1955; G Jobey 1971.

A strongly-built settlement, generally as described and planned. On top of the rampart, are the grass covered remains of a stone wall measuring about 1.0m in width and 0.3m high. The stone wall on the NE has been almost totally destroyed by stone robbing. The entrance to the settlement lies on the E. Depressions in the interior are probably quarry scoops.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (DWR) 8 October 1973

No change to previous field report.

Visited by OS (TRG) 5 September 1978

The generally sharp lines of this earthwork together with the formally arranged and levelled interior could well indicate it is of Medieval origin, although it does have certain affinities with other escarpment prehistoric settlements in the Borders, and has perhaps re-used in Medieval times to give the present well preserved appearance.

Visited by OS (TRG), 20 July 1981.

Scheduled as 'Bogle Walls, fort...'

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 5 February 2010.