Southdeanrig
Boundary Bank(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Shooting Stand(S) (19th Century) - (20th Century), Stock Enclosure(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Southdeanrig
Classification Boundary Bank(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Shooting Stand(S) (19th Century) - (20th Century), Stock Enclosure(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 74655
Site Number NT60NE 70.03
NGR NT 6500 0865
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74655
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Southdean
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Field Visit (12 November 1991)
NT60NE 70.03 6500 0865.
Three phases of boundary, rig, shooting butts and stock enclosures are disposed on the W of The Jordan Sike between Croft Plantation in the N and the river terrace of the Carter Burn in the S. The rig covers most of this strip of ground, a total of some 20 ha in all, and ranges from 4m to 9m in width and between 100m and 300m in length.
There are three phases of boundary, all of them along the W edge of the strip of rig, but one of them cuts diagonally into the area of rig and may pre-date it, whilst the other two are separate enclosures of the rig and post-date it. The primary boundary takes the form of a ditch that runs from NT 6447 0846 to 6487 0859 and appears to have been cut through by the other boundary at NT 6488 0859, although recent drainage activity has obscured the relationship. The second boundary, which comprises a bank with external ditch, runs along the W edge of the rig from NT 6457 0835 on the S to NT 6502 0889 on the N, where it turns E to run down to the Jordan Sike at NT 6522 0889. This forms an enclosure which is sub-divided into three main fields with smaller folds in the corners of the two more northerly fields. A drove way some 20m wide separates the second boundary from the third that runs roughly parallel to it to the N. This third boundary turns N at NT 6504 0891 to run along the W edge of the rig as far as Croft Plantation. Within the area of the drove way there is rig visible and it is not evident that there was ever a boundary encompassing the rig at this point, although it may have been slighted to clear access to the drove way, since a shallow ditch continues the line of the second boundary to the NE as far as the ditch of the third boundary.
A row of shooting butts runs from NT 6502 0863 in the S to NT 6514 0898 in the N.
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 12 November 1991.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
