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Soldier's Dyke
Linear Earthwork (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Soldier's Dyke
Classification Linear Earthwork (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 59803
Site Number NT86NW 10
NGR NT 8432 7011
NGR Description From NT 8432 7011 to NT 8517 6954
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/59803
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Coldingham
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT86NW 10 8432 7011 to 8517 6954
See also:
NT86NW 77 NT 8461 6971 Building (possible)
(NT 8432 7011 - NT 8517 6954) Soldiers Dyke (NAT) (Site of)
OS 6"map, Berwickshire, 1st ed., (1856).
The track of a fence, said to have been the boundary of the grounds attached to Fast Castle. The foundation was 6ft across; it was faced with stone and filled with rubble. It is situated on Dulaw farm, and in some places new fences have been erected on the foundations of the old wall.
Name Book 1856.
The "Soldier's Dyke" is generally as described in the ONB. It was almost certainly the march dyke or park pale of Fast Castle, the eastern boundary following the Dowlaw Burn.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS(RD) 4 March 1966.
Little survives of the "Soldier's Dyke"; it is best preserved W of Lowries Knowes where it is 1.5m thick.
Though it is said to be a boundary associated with Fast Castle, its date and purpose are unknown.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1979.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (10 December 2002 - 1 September 2004)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
