Wooden Loch
Findspot (Period Unassigned), Assemblage (Prehistoric)
Site Name Wooden Loch
Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Assemblage (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 343473
Site Number NT72NW 104
NGR NT 70800 25400
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/343473
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Eckford
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Desk Based Assessment
Wooden Loch was formerly Wester Moss. When the moss was drained "roots, nuts, oak, the skull of a bison and the horns of a red deer" were found (according to the 1st Edition OS map, c.1860). The skull was probably that of a type of prehistoric oxen known as an aurochs, which may have become extinct during the Bronze Age.
