Flemington Burn
Ring Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Flemington Burn
Classification Ring Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 49949
Site Number NT14NE 10
NGR NT 17331 45715
NGR Description NT 1732 4570 and NT 1734 4572
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49949
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Newlands
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT14NE 10 1732 4570 and 1734 4572.
(NT 1732 4570 and NT 1734 4572) Enclosures (NR)
OS 6" map (1964)
These two ring enclosures lie on low ground immediately W of the Flemington Burn, each is 30' in internal diameter.
(Information from A McLaren notebook 2, 72)
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1963; D Christison 1888
Situated on level ground these circular turf-banked enclosures measure 10.0m diameter within a bank 2.5m wide. There is no trace of an entrance to either.
The enclosures appear to be recent and are probably sheep folds (Christison described 4 enclosures - the other two undoubtedly being sheep folds).
Visited by OS (WDJ) 26 August 1964 and (SFS) 14 October 1974
Field Visit (5 March 2024)
Two circular ring-banks are situated about 8m apart to either side of the modern track on the flood plain to the W of the Flemington Burn. Both measure about 9m in diameter within a grass-grown soil bank up to 3m across and 0.6m in height. They both overlie rig, and both have a subtle external turf-stripping scar about 2m across. There is a very slight dip in the line of the banks on the W, which may have been an entrance. Their form and location are consistent with turf-walled sheepfolds, while the relationship with the rig indicates that they are post-medieval in date.
Visited by HES Archaeological Survey (D. Cowley) and Designations (A. Fulton, A. Rutherford), 5 March 2024
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
