Scaw'd Law
Cord Rig (Prehistoric), Ring Ditch House(S) (Prehistoric), Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Scaw'd Law
Classification Cord Rig (Prehistoric), Ring Ditch House(S) (Prehistoric), Sheep Shelter (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 58114
Site Number NT71SE 57
NGR NT 75022 11835
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58114
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Oxnam
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Field Visit (16 November 1999)
NT71SE 57 75022 11835
This unenclosed settlement is situated in rough pasture on the SE shoulder of the undulating summit area of Scaw'd Law. It comprises at least two ring-ditch houses, the larger of which (Kale99 93) measures 12.5m in diameter over a ditch that varies in breadth from 0.8m to as much as 1.7m on the N, and is up to 0.3m in depth; the entrance is probably on the E. The second house (Kale99 94), which is situated to the NW, measures 7.2m in diameter over a shallow ditch 0.9m in breadth, and has a possible entrance on the W. Immediately NE of the first house and SE of the second respectively, there are low mounds, about 6m in diameter, which may be the central areas of two more houses. A Y-shaped sheep shelter constructed of turf, with traces of turf-stripping halos flanking its arms, lies to the NE of the settlement. The ground on the N has evidently been cultivated in low rigs.
(Kale99 93-4)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD and MFTR) 16 November 1999
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
