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Gallows Law
Lade (19th Century), Linear Feature (Period Unknown), Pit Alignment (Prehistoric)
Site Name Gallows Law
Classification Lade (19th Century), Linear Feature (Period Unknown), Pit Alignment (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 59912
Site Number NT86SW 16
NGR NT 82708 60512
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/59912
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Bunkle And Preston
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT86SW 16 NT 82649 60488
NT 827 605. Cropmarks (RCAHMS, flown 1978), reveal a pit-alignment and two stretches of ditch on the SE slopes of Gallows Law, N of the public road from Preston to Auchencrow. The pit-alignment (150m in length) runs from NW to SE and approaches the road 180m E of Blackhouse; at this point it is joined at right angles by a ditch (200m in length), which approaches from the Fosterland Burn on the NNE.
Some 250m N of the junction point there is a short stretch of ditch roughly parallel to the pit-alignment.
RCAHMS 1980.
Note (18 December 2019)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This site is visible as a cropmark.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
