<< Our Photo Pages >> Fast Castle (Bedrule) - Misc. Earthwork in Scotland in Scottish Borders
Submitted by Anne T on Friday, 31 August 2018 Page Views: 1686
Multi-periodSite Name: Fast Castle (Bedrule) Alternative Name: Bedrule Motte; Castle Knowe (Bedrule); Rule WaterCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.613 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Scottish Borders Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Hawick Nearest Village: Bedrule
Map Ref: NT59531822
Latitude: 55.456149N Longitude: 2.641475W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Anne T visited on 29th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 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 ourselves in through the gate and stopped to photograph this impressive mound. It sits by a bend in the very pretty river Rule.
This large earthwork can be found in a bend of Rule Water. Recorded as Canmore ID 55206, this site is described as being 700 yards west of the hamlet of Bedrule, above an old ford across the river, and "ha(ving) all the appearance of a 12th century motte. "The mound itself is partly natural, and in its total height of 45 ft. only the upper part, 10 ft. from the summit, is artificial. A byroad has been driven through its S end."
From Bedrule Parish Church, we took the minor road leading north then west towards Jedburgh Road. The site lies just past the site of the old Bedrule Castle (which we couldn't see through the trees). We weren't going to stop until we saw the size of the mound through a clearing in the trees, with a convenient spot to pull up off the road opposite the entrance track to Bedrule Mill.
Walking down the track towards the bridge over the stream (which has been built over the old ford), the mound is in an impressive location, with a terrace between you and the large mound. The earthwork looks as if it has been clipped on its southern side by the building of the road, but is well worth stopping to look at if you've been to see (or on your way to see) the hogback fragments at Bedrule Parish Church.
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