'Dere Street': Border-newstead-elginhaugh
Quarry Pit(S) (Roman)
Site Name 'Dere Street': Border-newstead-elginhaugh
Classification Quarry Pit(S) (Roman)
Canmore ID 136694
Site Number NT71NW 52.01
NGR NT 7419 1868
NGR Description NT 7438 1847 to NT 7401 1893
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/136694
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hownam
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT71NW 52.01 Centred on NT 7419 1868
A line of quarry pits (from NT 7438 1847 to NT 7401 1893) SE of the Roman Road (NT71nw 52.00) they probably are connected to, are shown on oblique aerial photographs from 1994.
Information from RCAHMSAP 25 November 1998
Field Visit (31 August 2015 - 1 September 2015)
Addyman Archaeology was contacted by UPM Tilhill in order to undertake an archaeological survey and Desk-based Assessment (DBA) of an area around Beirhope Farm, near Hownam in the Scottish Borders in order to inform a proposed new woodland planting scheme.
Through an analysis of readily available historical records, current aerial images, and a detailed cartographic regression, the DBA identified a total of twenty-seven possible sites within the boundaries of the development. Twenty-one of these sites were identified during the walkover survey, with an additional four further sites recorded.
It is therefore recommended that the upper slopes of Thowliestane Hill are avoided by any new planting scheme as well as the area immediately east of Dere Street Roman Road and the area to the south and west of Hare Law, which contains numerous cultivation remains and earthworks, possibly dating to the medieval cultivation of the area. Elsewhere it is recommended that any sites identified during the DBA and walkover are avoided during planting and marked off as such by a team of archaeologists prior to the commencement of the scheme.
Funder: UPM Tilhill
Addyman Archaeology
OASIS ID - addymana1-223368
