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<< Our Photo Pages >> Herriot's Dyke - Misc. Earthwork in Scotland in Scottish Borders

Submitted by mafenty on Tuesday, 19 September 2006  Page Views: 6121

Multi-periodSite Name: Herriot's Dyke
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.929 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Scottish Borders Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Greenlaw
Map Ref: NT722485
Latitude: 55.729101N  Longitude: 2.444206W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Herriot's Dyke
Herriot's Dyke submitted by mafenty : The Dyke appears to start at Harefalds fort near Blyth Farm (Ref NT 575 501). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Scottish Borders. Earthwork extending across Greenlaw Moor from NT722 485 to NT 701 486

Previously recorded "up to 14miles" ( Transactions of Berwickshire Naturalists) Once thought to extend across Berwickshire to Hutton

"Herrisdige" is a Scandinavian word for district boundary
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Herriot's Dyke
Herriot's Dyke submitted by mafenty : Broken, recumbent stone on west side of knoll at Herriots dyke , Greenlaw Moor. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Herriot's Dyke
Herriot's Dyke submitted by mafenty : Mound on Herriots Dyke. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NT7248 : Florishwalls Plantation by Richard Webb
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NT7248 : Flourishwalls Plantation by James T M Towill
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Re: Herriot's Dyke by Anne T on Thursday, 15 June 2017
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Is this boundary feature the same as Canmore ID 342223? Searches on 'Herriot's' and 'Herriot's Dyke' bring up an earthwork with a different grid reference. Unfortunately, no further information is available on this Canmore record, aprt from the fact it is a boundary feature, period unclassified.
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Re: Herriots dyke by Andy B on Tuesday, 19 September 2006
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This is a genuine feature, but is it prehistoric? I can't find it in Canmore. Thoughts anyone?
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    Re: Herriots dyke by mafenty on Tuesday, 05 December 2006
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    reply to ANDY .... see comments on site re derivation of name, possibly "dark age" tribal boundary. I have tried to trace the remnants of it across Berwickshire following comments in the "Transactions of the Berwickshire Naturalists" observed in the 1920's ...Farm names such as Herriot Bank and Dykesgatehead suggest its path but very little remains .. Berwickshire is too well farmed and too well ploughed!
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