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Hindhope Burn
Linear Earthwork(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hindhope Burn
Classification Linear Earthwork(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 57883
Site Number NT70NE 12
NGR NT 773 093
NGR Description From NT 77336 09407 to NT 77402 09393
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57883
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Oxnam
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT70NE 12 773 093.
(NT 7720 0940 - NT 7739 0939)
(NT 7732 0933 - NT 7739 0931)
Earthworks (NR)
OS 6"map, (1962).
This linear earthwork, which consists of a bank with no positive traces of a ditch, runs W from the lip of the steep left bank of the Hindhope Burn across the neck of high ground joining Hindhope Law to Whiteside Hill.
Originally no doubt it extended as far as the head of the hollow in which the Corse Sike rises; but on the top of the neck it has been obliterated by the tracks of an old road, and a ditch which appears to continue its line towards the hollow may only be one of these. Another may have been responsible for the obliteration of a ditch on the uphill side of the bank. Though nowhere in good preservation, the bank is least damaged at its E end, being there traceable for a total length of some 60 yds over a gap made by a branch road descending to the Hindhope Burn. RCAHMS 1956, visited 1945.
The wasted remains of this linear earthwork comprise a turf bank, 3.0m - 0.4m broad and 0.3m high; about 75.0m S of this are traces of another linear earthwork. It has been of larger proportions, being 6.0m broad and 0.4m high, and contains stone in its construction. It can be traced for some 80.0m.
Visited by OS(JLD) 8 September 1960.
These linear earthworks, generally as described in the report of 8 September 1960 are similar to the "cross-ridge-dykes" found elsewhere in this area.
Visited by OS(TRG) 15 September 1976.
Field Visit (6 September 1999)
NT70NE 12
Hindhope Law
Linear Earthwork
NT 77337 09403
A linear earthwork can be traced running from E to W across the S slope of Hindhope Law. It measures approximately 170m overall and consists of several surviving sections of turf bank. Approximately 90m to the S there is another section of earthwork, which runs S for approximately 25m, then turns E and continues for a further 35m (from NT 77328 09308 to NT 77365 09285).
Visited by RCAHMS (MFTR) 6 September 1999, with additional information from RCAHMS (BM)
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
