Whinny Shank
Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Whinny Shank
Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Bleak Law
Canmore ID 84731
Site Number NT71NW 71
NGR NT 735 161
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/84731
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Oxnam
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT71NW 71 733 160
Visible on OS aerial photographs 68/024/136-7.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM) 12 December 1995.
Several small areas of rig cultivation, on the lower S-facing slopes of Bleak Law, were recorded during the course of a pre-afforestation survey by AOC (Scotland) Ltd. The rig is visible on vertical aerial photographs (OS 68/024 frames 087 and 088, 1968).
M Dalland and R McCullagh, AOC (Scotland) Ltd, 1995; NMRS MS 738/24
Field Visit (February 2000)
NT71NW 71
Whinny Shank
Rig and Furrow
NT 735 161
Oxnam
There is a plot of broad curvilinear rig situated at the summit of Whinny Shank and the SW-facing slopes of Bleak Law. The rig is aligned along the contour and extends over an area of about 10ha.
Visible on vertical aerial photographs OS 68/024/089
Information from RCAHMS (MFTR) February 2000
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
Sbc Note
Two patches of rig cultivation centred on NT 7355 1615.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
