<< Text Pages >> Borthwick Mains - Class I Pictish Symbol Stone in Scotland in Scottish Borders
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Borthwick MainsCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 7.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Scottish Borders Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Nearest Town: Hawick Nearest Village: Roberton
Map Ref: NT4372814111 Landranger Map Number: 79
Latitude: 55.417667N Longitude: 2.890479W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Anne T couldn't find on 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 in the process of being widened, and the house nearest the road empty and almost derelict. I did venture into the garden, but not having any phone signal, did not have the photo of the stone on Canmore to refer to.
This possible Pictish Symbol Stone is recorded as Canmore ID 54197, where it is documented as part of the Early Medieval Carved Stones Project.
The stone is described as being 'set upright in the garden of Borthwick Mains, near Hawick ... local tradition traces the origin of the stone to Commonside where it stood in the River Teviot as a nilometer at a ford. A secondary hole drilled towards the top of the stone suggests that it has also been used as a gatepost." Described as being 'worn and damaged', the Canmore entry adds: "Incised by pecking on one face of this squared pillar is a large fish set upright on its tail, 0.94m in length. Its left side seen in profile, clearly depicted details are an eye, the gills, all four fins and an arc separating the body from the splayed tail. No mouth is shown but otherwise this appears to be a salmon."
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