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Gladescleugh Burn
Linear Earthwork (Period Unassigned), Quarry(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gladescleugh Burn
Classification Linear Earthwork (Period Unassigned), Quarry(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 56056
Site Number NT55SW 4
NGR NT 5424 5424
NGR Description From NT 5424 5424 to NT 5430 5392
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56056
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Lauder
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
NT55SW 4 5424 5424 to 5430 5392.
NT541 536 - NT 537 538. A cross-dyke runs from a moss at the head of the Trow Burn to the head of the Gladescleugh Burn. It extends for about 500 yds and consists of a bank thrown up from a series of discontinuous quarry-pits.
A Graham 1964
NT 5424 5424 to NT 5430 5392. A 330.0 long cross-ridge dyke linking the headwater of Gladescleugh Burn and the marshy ground at the head of Trow Burn. It survives as a spread, earthen bank 3.5m broad and up to 0.8m in height. The ditch, on the east side, is in fact a line of contiguous pits up to 2.5m wide and about 0.6m deep (cf NT55SE 17).
The map references noted by Graham are incorrect; there is no dyke between these points which, in any case, do not agree with the description.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 24 May 1979
Field Visit (April 1912)
236. Ancient March, Dabshead Hill.
About a mile north of the summit of Dabshead Hill a track commences on the top of the high bank on the left side of the Earnscleugh Burn and runs with an irregular course south-east for over ¼ mile. It consists of a trench with a mound on the south side measuring some 17 feet over all. The crest of the mound is 3 feet 9 inches above the bottom of the trench at the best preserved portion. Traverses cross the trench 9 to 15 feet apart. After crossing the north-east side of a deep hollow, where it is very indistinct, it can be traced for about 80 yards in a southerly direction till it disappears in a bog. Shortly before entering the hollow, the dyke appears to be intermitted for a space of about 40 feet.
A similar construction [NT55SW 4] commences on the moor, more than ¾ mile east-north-east of Longcroft steading, and runs south-southeast for about 400 yards, likewise terminating in a bog. Both constructions are probably ancient boundary banks.
RCAHMS 1915, visited April 1912.
OS Map: Ber., xiv. SW.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
