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Whitton Loch
Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Whitton Loch
Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 84720
Site Number NT71NW 59
NGR NT 7435 1940
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/84720
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hownam
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT71NW 59 744 194
An area of rig-and-furrow cultivation has been recorded from aerial photographs (visible on vertical air photographs OS 68/027/120-1, flown 1968.
Information from RCAHMS 1993
Field Visit (February 2000)
NT71NW 59
Whitton Loch
Rig and Furrow
NT 7435 1940
Hownam
Several plots of rig, covering about 9ha in total, are situated in unimproved ground on the NE-facing slopes of Shibden Hill, to the S and E of Whitton Loch. The majority of the rig is broad and curvilinear, being defined by both deep furrows and shallow grooves, often being subdivided by the latter. The rig is generally aligned across the contour.
Visible on vertical aerial photographs OS 68/027/120-121
Information from RCAHMS (MFTR) February 2000
