Fingland Burn
Sheepfold(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Fingland Burn
Classification Sheepfold(S) (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Romanno Hope
Canmore ID 49961
Site Number NT14NE 21
NGR NT 18550 46713
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49961
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Newlands
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT14NE 21 1852 4670.
At the foot of the W slopes of Green Knowe there are two ring enclosures which, together with the barrow (NT14NE 37) form a compact group overlooking the left bank of the Fingland Burn from a height of 920ft OD. Excavations showed that each enclosure measured 30ft in diameter within an earthen bank 22ft in thickness and 2ft in maximum height. Complete excavation of the central area of the E enclosure proved that there was no entrance, but yielded no structural features or relics. RCAHMS 1967, visited August 1963
The two enclosures are as described. In view of the excavation report it seems likely that neither is an antiquity and both are probably old sheepfolds of which there are many examples in the area.
Visited by OS 9 January 1975.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This site has been excavated.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
