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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 862711
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/862711
NT82SW 155 8267 2323 to 8266 8285
An area of contour cultivation, measuring 200m from NNW to SSE by 320m, occupies the moderately steep to steep slope of a W-facing spur overlooking the head of the Butter Sike on the S side of Shoulder Hill. The lower limit of cultivation is bounded by the upper extent of an area of cross-contour cultivation (NT82SW 161) whilst the Butter Burn defines the W extent. The upper limit of the cultivation is marked by the watershed with the Elghope Burn, the reverse slope of which is covered by a further extensive area of contour cultivation. On the E, the cultivation fades out between 50m and 100m to the W of a further area of contour cultivation (NT82SW 156). The cultivation measures about 4m in width ranges from 0.15m to 0.7m in height.
Information from RJ Mercer (University of Edinburgh) 25 March 1987
RCAHMS, MS/2598, no. 12/112.
