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<< Our Photo Pages >> Scots' Dike - Misc. Earthwork in Scotland in Scottish Borders

Submitted by Anne T on Thursday, 17 May 2018  Page Views: 1573

Multi-periodSite Name: Scots' Dike Alternative Name: Scotsdike
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.467 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Scottish Borders Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Longtown / Gretna  Nearest Village: Netherby
Map Ref: NY38507325
Latitude: 55.049921N  Longitude: 2.964128W
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
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Scots' Dike
Scots' Dike submitted by Anne T : The southern ditch, looking from east to west. At first, the bank and ditch are barely visible through the trees and undergrowth, but looking harder, the course of the ditch became easier to see. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Scottish Borders

This earthwork, called alternatively Scots' Dike or Scotsdike, runs along a section of the border between England and Scotland, between the River Esk and the River Sark. It now lies within dense woodland known as Scotsdike Plantation and is formed by a bank with ditches on either side.

Recorded as Canmore ID 67548, this linear earthwork runs between NY 3307 7367 to NY 3872 7319. Its eastern end now lies immediately adjacent to the busy, fast A7, so we headed off to its western end, parking at NY 33500 74017, in a small layby at the corner of the plantation and a gate into a lane. At this point, a deep ditch runs north east/south west, with a second ditch alongside the western end of the plantation. This being the English side, there was no formal access, although it was possible to hop over the wire fence.

Not much to see, but interesting to stop and observe. The ditch at this western end was around 3m wide, and the bank around 1 metre high. We originally thought this earthwork was contemporary with the Antonine Wall, but it appears this section of the border was defined as late as 1552. Canmore notes that there seems to have been shifts in the course of the monument over time, indicating an earlier structure in place to mark an earlier boundary, which hs now been ploughed out. The terminal points used to be marked by boundary stones bearing the royal arms or England and Scotland.

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Scots' Dike
Scots' Dike submitted by Anne T : Standing at the western end of the earthwork, looking east through Scotsdike Plantation. Not really much to see, but interesting to have stopped and seen part of the old boundary features between England and Scotland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NY3873 : East end of Scots Dyke by Howard Mattinson
by Howard Mattinson
©2007(licence)
NY3873 : Scots Dyke sign by Howard Mattinson
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©2007(licence)
NY3873 : Old milestone by Terry Moore
by Terry Moore
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NY3873 : Entering Scotland along the A7 by G Laird
by G Laird
©2018(licence)
NY3873 : The A7 heading in to Scotland by James Denham
by James Denham
©2010(licence)

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