Talla Water

NT12SW 11 137 203 to 136 205.

On the right bank of the Talla Water, about 200 yds above its debouchment into Talla Reservoir, there may be seen the remains of a group of sub-rectangular buildings with associated enclosures, all now represented by low grass-grown stone walls.

The best preserved member of the group stands on a slight eminence about 30 yds NE of the burn, and measures 38' from NW to SE by 18' transversely over walls some 3' in thickness. Immediately to the NE a second and rather smaller building runs parallel to the first, while 30' E of the E angle of the larger building, and linked to it by a portion of an enclosure dyke, there are the remains of a third building, measuring 36' from NE to SW, by 17' transversely. The dyke may formerly have enclosed part of the eminence upon which these buildings stand.

The remains of at least four other buildings lie scattered upon the NE bank of the burn for a distance of about 150 yds. They vary in size from 36' by 14' to 25' to 14' over walls some 3' in thickness and each building is aligned from NW to SE. A little above the uppermost, or south-easternmost, building there are the remains of an approximately oval enclosure measuring 36' by 25' over all. This area is bounded on the NE by a dyke, now best preserved at its SE end, while parallel to the dyke there may be seen traces of roadway which appears to have run along the whole NE side of the settlement.

A similar but smaller and less well-preserved group of sub-rectangular buildings and associated enclosures lies on the left bank of the Codleteth Burn about 200 yds N of the first group of remains.

None of these structures is likely to be of pre-medieval date, and some may be of much more recent origin.

RCAHMS 1967, visited August 1962

NT12SW 11 137 203 to 136 205.

A: NT 137 203, B: NT 136 205. Generally as described by RCAHMS.

Visited by OS (DWR) 15 September 1972

Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council