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Crosscleugh
Building (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible), Village (Medieval)
Site Name Crosscleugh
Classification Building (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible), Village (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Bedrule
Canmore ID 56887
Site Number NT61NW 20
NGR NT 60263 16998
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56887
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Bedrule
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT61NW 20 unlocated.
About midway between Fulton Tower and Bedrule stood,in former times, a hamlet called Crosscleugh, which (settled by the Turnbulls before 1490) was devastated during the Earl of Hertford's vindictive invasion of 1545.
G Watson 1948.
No further information could be found by local enquiries
Visited by OS (RD) 6 February 1967.
Sbc Note (21 March 2016)
Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
Previously also listed under duplicate site NT96SW 510 -CANCELLED. HES (LCK) 11.6.2024
Field Visit
What may be masonry debris and a possible building platform are visible at the head of the cleuch The field is known locally as ‘Corses Cleuch’, and this may be the site of Corsecleuch’ shown on Pont's map and possibly the ‘Crossbeuch’ reported burnt in 1545.
Information from Towers of Rule project, March 2024
