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Butter Sike
Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Butter Sike
Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Shoulder Hill
Canmore ID 280571
Site Number NT82SW 159
NGR NT 82382 22856
NGR Description NT 8238 2290 to NT 8236 2277
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/280571
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Morebattle
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT82SW 159 8238 2290 to 8236 2277
An area of cross-contour cultivation, measuring 145m from NE to SW by 45m, lies on the moderately steep SW-facing slope of Shoulder Hill. The lower limit of the rig may have been destroyed through agricultural improvement, whilst on the NW and NE the rig impinges upon the lower limits of the extensive area of contour cultivation (NT82SW 152) around Shoulder Hill. The E boundary is defined by the Butter Sike beyond which there is a further extensive area of cross-contour rig (NT82SW 160) which may be part of the same system. The rigs average 5m in width between furrows measuring 0.5m in width and 0.1m in depth.
Information from RJ Mercer (University of Edinburgh), 25 March 1987.
RCAHMS, MS/2598, no. 12/117.
