Percy Law
Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Lynchet(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Percy Law
Classification Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Lynchet(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 280401
Site Number NT82SW 25.01
NGR NT 81639 23172
NGR Description From NT 8160 2318 to NT 8169 2317
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/280401
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Morebattle
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT82SW 25.01 from 8160 2318 to 8169 2317
Vertical aerial photographs (RAF 106 G/Scot/UK 121 frames 4141-2: 20 June 1946) reveal faint traces of contour cultivation over a steep slope on the W side of Percy Law. The cultivation, which measures about 45m from N to S by 80m, is not discernible on the ground. From the aerial photographic evidence, it is bounded on the N and W by an unnamed tributary of the Bowmont Water and on the S and E by an extensive area of cross-contour rig (NT82SW 150) spreading over the surrounding moderate slope. It seems that evidence for the contour cultivation survives only where the slope was too steep for ploughing across the contour.
On the E along the upper limit of the cultivation, between NT 8169 2316 to NT 8169 2316, a bank-like feature, or a lynchet, separates the contour cultivation from the cross-contour cultivation above. The bank, or possible lynchet, measures 55m in length from N to S and 2.5m in width. It displays a slightly convex profile and may be similar to those observed within the extent of rig further uphill (NT82SW 139).
Information from RJ Mercer (University of Edinburgh) 24 March 1987
RCAHMS MS 2598. No. 11/096
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
