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Sites Anne T has logged on trip number: 93 (View all trips) View these posts as a blog
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Sites Anne T has logged on trip number: 93 (View all trips) View these posts as a blog
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| Site Name (A/D) |
Site Type | Country (A/D) |
County/ Region | Visited? (A/D) |
Date (A/D) |
Cond | Amb | Acc | Comments | Trip Number (A/D) |
Trip Order |
| Hawthornside Farm (Bonchester Bridge) | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Visited | 29th Aug 2018 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Well/tank, Hawthornside Farm (Bonchester Bridge): We spotted this ‘well house’ purely by chance as we passed by, then needing to turn the car round to go to Bedrule Church with its hogback fragments. This is a lovely site, right by the A6088. The well house (or ‘sink’ as it is labelled on t... Read More |
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| Rubers Law | Hillfort | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Saw from a distance | 29th Aug 2018 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Rubers Law (only seen from a distance): This impressive hill fort dominates the area. We decided it was too far and too high to attempt today, although I was fascinated by its changing profile as we drove along the minor roads to Bedrule. We will come back when we're feeling fit and strong - it lo... Read More |
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| Bedrule Parish Church | Sculptured Stone | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Visited | 29th Aug 2018 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Hogback fragments, Bedrule Parish Church: (note for less mobile visitors, whilst access into the churchyard is on a tarmacked path, there are some steps up into the porch where these fragments are stored. Disabled access is signposted but the door was locked at the time of our visit). This parish c... Read More |
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| Fast Castle (Bedrule) | Misc. Earthwork | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Visited | 29th Aug 2018 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Fast Castle/Bedrule Motte: Not far from Bedrule Church this motte is marked on the map. At first it just appeared as a mound behind some trees, and we weren’t going to stop, until we realised the tree cover finished and the motte was clearly visible from the track going to Bedrule Mill. We let o... Read More |
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| Cavers Cross | Ancient Cross | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Visited | 29th Aug 2018 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Cavers Cross, near Hawick: From the motte, we drove round to Cavers – a very nicely kept estate, with well kept verges and few places to park along the straight, narrow road by the houses. In the end, we pulled right up to the fence at the largish entrance to a field gate at NT 54235 15805, inten... Read More |
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| Midshiels Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Visited | 29th Aug 2018 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Midshiels Standing Stone, near Hawick: At our last visit, we were put off from entering the field because of a very large bull and his ladies. The bull stood guard near the stone, and any approach made him stand tall, with splayed legs, looking menacingly at us – I contented myself with taking ph... Read More |
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| Midshiels Cairn | Cairn | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Visited | 29th Aug 2018 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Midshiels Cairn: Having been warned about the large cattle who might "go for us if they saw us", I was cautious about walking the additional 100m from the standing stone to the cairn. Andrew decided that as the cattle were at the far end of the field, and though large, looked relatively docile. �... Read More |
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| Borthwick Mains | Class I Pictish Symbol Stone | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Couldn't find | 29th Aug 2018 | Borthwick Mains Possible Pictish Symbol Stone: We got the location of this symbol stone completely wrong, and whilst we found Borthwick Mains, did not find the symbol stone. Its now high on my 'wish list' to return to. A lot of building work had been happening here, with the entrance to the farm i... Read More |
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| Whitcastle Sike | Ancient Village or Settlement | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Visited | 29th Aug 2018 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Whitcastle Sike Settlement: The OS map shows a group of settlements and hillforts which can be found to the east north east of Broxholme Easter Loch, and today in a pretty remote spot down a gated road. We parked at NT 43929 11939, at the wide entrance to a farm track/field entrance and walked to t... Read More |
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| Whitcastle Hill | Hillfort | Scotland | Scottish Borders | Saw from a distance | 29th Aug 2018 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Whitcastle Hill Prehistoric Earthwork: We decided to return to this site another day, having had a glimpse of the herd of very large cattle grazing over the site. Shame - the aerial photograph of this site on Canmore looks absolutely fascinating! | 93 | 10 |