Whitehaugh Moor

CFA Archaeology Ltd undertook an assessment of the cultural heritage implications of the construction of a gridconnection between Langhope Rig Wind Farm and Hawick Sub-station in the ScottishBorders. The grid connection has an overhead line (OHL) and an underground cable

(UGC).

A desk-based assessment and reconnaissance walk-over survey have been carried out for a study corridor centred on a grid connection route connecting Langhope Rig Wind Farm with Hawick substation.

This work has identified 58 assets of cultural heritage interest within the study corridor. Potential non-significant direct effects have been predicted for 14 sites. Mitigation measures have been proposed to offset or remove the predicted direct LANG3/3068/1 17 CFA impacts on the assets identified. Following the implementation of these mitigation measures, no significant residual effects are anticipated.

Funder: SSE Renewables Developments (UK) Ltd

CFA Archaeology Ltd

A targeted watching brief took place along the length of a grid connector

route from Langhope Rig Windfarm to Hawick substation. The western

section of the route formed a new overhead pole line and the eastern half

was buried underground. No archaeological remains were uncovered.

Known archaeological sites were fenced off during the works to prevent

accidental damage.

Funder: SSE Renewable Developments (UK) Ltd

CFA Archaeology Ltd

A series of earthwork enclosures are visible to the south and west of the drove roads on Whitehaugh Moor. These are visible in SBC's 2007 high resolution aerial photos. They do not appear on historical OS mapping. These are possibly early stock enclosures associated with the drove roads, though they may incorporate earlier features.

The HER records that a series of earthwork enclosures are visible to the south and west of the drove roads on Whitehaugh Moor. The HER records that the features are visible on Scottish Borders County's 2007 high resolution aerial photos, but do not appear on historical Ordnance Survey mapping. The features are suggested to possibly be early stock enclosures. Two large conjoined possible turf bank enclosures, a smaller enclosure and a linear bank are visible on aerial photographs from 1946 and 1965 and on modern aerial photography (GoogleTM).

Field survey found three large enclosures and the partial remains of a fourth, and two turf banks, located in semi-improved pasture on terraces and slopes forming a former river/burn valley:

1: a large enclosure defined by denuded turf banks measuring on average between 0.8m-1.2m wide and 0.3m-0.5m high. The enclosure does not appear to survive on its north-eastern side, and the bank forming the southeast corner is much denuded, measuring only 0.5m-0.7m wide by 0.2m high. A small square enclosure is attached to its northwestern corner, measuring 12m by 10m, and defined by banks measuring 0.5m wide by 0.2m- 0.3m high. A small square feature, a possible pen, is attached to its south-west corner, measuring 3m by 2m, and defined by banks 0.8m wide by 0.3m high. A 10m section of bank extends from the south-west side, measuring 1.5m wide by 0.6m high. The enclosure has been truncated at three.

2: a large enclosure defined by denuded turf banks measuring on average 0.7m-1m wide and 0.2m- 0.3m high. The banks are hard to trace in places, particularly on its south-western corner. A small square enclosure is attached to its south-eastern corner, defined by banks measuring 1m wide by 0.3m high. This has been truncated by a later quarry (56). 52.3: a large enclosure defined by denuded turf banks measuring on average 1m wide and 0.2m-0.4m

high.

3: the remains of a turf-bank enclosure, measuring at least 32m wide, defined by banks measuring 1m-1.2m wide by 0.2m-0.4m high. The enclosure has been overlain by modern forestry plantation to the north and east, and appears to have been truncated by a trackway.

4: a turf bank measuring 1m- 1.2m wide by 0.2m -0.3m high. The bank may be associated with enclosure3, or a drove road.

5: a much denuded possiblb linear bank, 0.7m-0.8m wide by 0.1m-0.2m high, which appears to cut the alignment of 52.1 and so may be later bank.