Black Bogs
Building (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Enclosure (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Knocking Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Black Bogs
Classification Building (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Enclosure (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Knocking Stone (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 162537
Site Number NY49SE 36
NGR NY 4862 9442
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/162537
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Castleton
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Field Visit (27 February 1996)
NY49SE 36 4862 9442
In a grassy patch on the W bank of Thief's Sike, adjacent to Black Bogs, there are a turf building, an enclosure and a knocking stone. The building is aligned NNW and SSE and measures about 9m by 3m within turf banks 1.5m thickness and up to 0.3m in height. There is a hollow in the floor immediately inside the entrance, which may indicate the presence of a drain. The knocking stone, which lies inside the hut, has a mortar measuring 220mm in diameter by 135mm in depth. There is a midden heap outside the entrance and a turf enclosure a short distance to the NW.
(LID96 25)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 27 February 1996
