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Crystal Knowe
Farmstead (Medieval) - (18th Century)
Site Name Crystal Knowe
Classification Farmstead (Medieval) - (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Crighton
Canmore ID 57474
Site Number NT66NE 5
NGR NT 67117 66372
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57474
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Innerwick (Berwickshire)
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County East Lothian
NT66NE 5 6711 6636
NT 670 664. The stone foundations of a probably 17th or 18th century farmstead can be seen on the edge of the high, left bank of the Bothwell Water at the south end of the flat-topped spur known as Crystal Knowe. The farmhouse measures 74ft long by 16ft wide, and is sub-divided into three rooms. The S and E sides of the house face onto a walled garth, while three smaller enclosures adjoin the N and W sides.
RCAHMS Marginal Lands TS, visited 4 June 1964.
NT 6711 6636. As described.
Visited by OS (JRL) 11 May 1979
Casual Observation (14 June 1913)
This site was noted as an 'old farm' by RCAHMS (JGC) on 14 June 1913 during fieldwork for the East Lothian Inventory (Notebook MS 36/51). At that time the farm would have been considered out of scope by RCAHMS due to its relatively late date.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (GFG) 12 December 2019.
Field Visit (4 June 1954)
Some stone foundations belonging to a farmstead , probably of 17th or 18th century date, can be seen on the edge of the high, left bank of the Bothwell Water at the S. end of the flat-topped spur known as Crystal Knowe. The farmhouse measures 74 ft in length by 16 ft in width, and is sub- divided by party-walls into three rooms of nearly equal size: one of the rooms may, however, have been the byre. The S and E sides of the house face on to a walled garth, while three smaller enclosures adjoin the N and W sides.
Visited by RCAHMS (KAS) 4 June 1954
Reference (1957)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1951-5)’ (RCAHMS 1957, xiv-xviii).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG), 24 October 2012.
Note (27 September 2019)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
