Oakwood
Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Oakwood
Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Hartwoodmyres
Canmore ID 54274
Site Number NT42NW 10
NGR NT 4335 2555
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54274
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Selkirk
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Selkirkshire
NT42NW 10 433 255.
(NT 4335 2558) Earthwork (NR)
OS 25" map (1968)
Slight remains of a rougly oval earthwork, consisting of a single bank and external ditch and measuring internally about 250ft from E to W by 170ft transversely, can be seen on a gentle slope 1500 yds ESE of Oakwood, at a height of 770ft OD. Although on the E half, the bank and ditch have been levelled by cultivation, the former appears as a faint crop mark on air photographs (RAF 106G.Scot.UK 86:3437-8).
At the W end, where it is best preserved, the bank is composed of heaped earth and small stones and measures 15ft in thickness and up to 3 1/2 ft in height. Slight traces of the ditch appear on the N side, but its original width is uncertain. The entrance and any internal structures have been obliterated by cultivation.
RCAHMS 1957, visited 1949
Generally as described. A break in the bank in the middle of the W side may be an entrance, or a modern break for access to a gate in the nearby fence.
Visited by OS (RD) 14 January 1966
The remains of this earthwork, which was probably a settlement,
are as described.
Visited by OS (MJF) 19 December 1979
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
