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Flemington Burn
Ring Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Post Medieval)
Site Name Flemington Burn
Classification Ring Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 49976
Site Number NT14NE 35
NGR NT 17584 45762
NGR Description NT 1754 4578 and NT 1763 4572
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49976
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Newlands
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT14NE 35 1754 4578 to 1763 4572.
(NT 1754 4578 and NR 1763 4572) Enclosures (NR)
OS 6" map (1964)
Two ring enclosures, 100 yds apart, the larger is 36' in internal diameter. The smaller, which has slight traces of a groove in the top of the bank, is 25' in internal diameter.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1963
These turf-banked enclosures are as described. They appear to be of recent construction and between them are the grass-covered foundations of a rectangular building.
The enclosures are probably sheep folds.
Visited by OS (SFS) 14 October 1974
Field Visit (5 March 2024)
There are two circular ring-banks and one rectangular enclosure set in a rough line from WNW to ESE along a low ridge to the S of an unnamed watercourse that drains into the Flemington Burn from the E. The westernmost feature is circular and measures about 8m in diameter within a turf bank up to 3m across and 0.4m in height. Along the centre line of the bank there is an intermittent shallow groove. This feature has been shown elsewhere to form where the turves forming the upper courses of the inner and outer cheeks of a turf dyke collapse inwards as the basal courses spread outwards (http://canmore.org.uk/site/124302). A slight dip in the line of the bank on the W may have been an entrance. Extending outwards for about 3m there is a turf-stripping scar.
The rectangular enclosure, which was first identified by OS field surveyors as the remains of a building, lies 30m to the SE and measures about 9m from NW to SE by about 4m within a turf bank. A wing-wall springs from the S corner and hooks round to form a pen against the SW side of the enclosure.
The second ring-bank lies a further 55m to the ESE. It is circular on plan, measuring about 10.5m in diameter within a heather-grown turf bank about 2.5m across and up to 0.4m in height. A turf-stripping scar about 4m across is clearly visible in the close-cropped heather, especially on the E.
The location and form of the enclosures is consistent with other turf-built sheepfolds of post-medieval date in the area.
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
