Lady Moss
Turf House (Post Medieval)
Site Name Lady Moss
Classification Turf House (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 342095
Site Number NT53SW 255
NGR NT 52500 30600
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/342095
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Bowden
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Roxburghshire
Scottish Borders Smr Note
An embanked cruciform structure discernable in the grazed surface. Probably originally a turf walledshelter made up of four walls meeting in themiddle.Similar structures in stone can still be seen inthe Borders, and older turf crosses are recordedon the Yorkshire Wolds (see J R Mortimer, 1905,Forty years researched in the British and Saxonburial mounds of East Yorkshire).
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
