Angryflat Plantation
Cultivation Terrace(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Angryflat Plantation
Classification Cultivation Terrace(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 58409
Site Number NT73SW 1
NGR NT 7197 3490
NGR Description Centred NT 7197 3490
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58409
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Kelso
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Evidence of early agricultural activities is preserved within Angryflat Plantation, an area of woodland that lies on the north-western edge of Kelso, immediately to the north of Croft Park.
At least seven terraces appear as wide steps or shelves cut into the south-facing slope. They measure between 3 to 4m in width and 1m in height. Cutting terraces into hillsides allowed more land to be cultivated, probably for crops, and this form of agriculture was practiced for a long time in Scotland. These particular terraces could date from the seventh to the seventeenth century.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT73SW 1 centred 7197 3490.
Cultivation Terraces, Angryflat Plantation: This group of terraces has been preserved inside the plantation. A footpath runs along the lowermost and largest of them.
RCAHMS 1956.
A group of seven terraces centred on NT 7197 3491, average 3.0 to 4.0m wide and 1.0m high. Indications of terracing in the area NT 7213 3491 could not be investigated thoroughly because of dense vegetation. To be supplied by field surveyor.
Visited by OS (RDL) 2 December 1963.
This site was visited in the course of fieldwork by Dr. T.C. Welsh in 2000.
for further details see MS/737/6
Desk Based Assessment (December 2012)
Headland Archaeology were commissioned by Clarendon Planning and Development to undertake a desk based assessment of a proposed development site covering 28 ha at Angraflat Road to the north of Kelso. The assessment is in support of a planning application.
There are no recorded archaeological sites within the application site, Examination of cartographic sources shows a 19th century reservoir in the south-west of the application site, and that the site has been in arable use since at least the mid-18th century.
The site is assessed as having moderate potential to contain previously unrecorded prehistoric remains because of its size and location at low elevation; and moderate potential for previously unrecorded remains associated with the medieval burgh of Wester Kelso. Cultivation terraces to the south-west of the site may extend north into the proposed development area. It is recommended that a phase of targeted evaluation be undertaken should consent be granted.
Funder: Claredon Planning and Development
Headland Archaeology
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
