More information : Centred NT 90660890 Faint, but I think another cross-dyke ? (1) NT 90650895-NT 90650878. Remains of a turf-covered earthen bank, 2.5m wide, with a maximum height of 0.2m, and a ditch on the west side, 2.5m wide and 0.5m deep maximum, run in a nearly north-south direction from the top of the precipitous slopes above the south banks of the Kidlandlee Burn, across the Clennell Street, to a point some 80.0m to the south of it. The total length of the cross-dyke is approximately 130.0m. The Street passes through a distinct gap.(2) The feature appears to be no more than a recent drainage channel consisting of a shallow ditch (2.5m x 0.5m deep) with a slight upcast bank (2.5m x 0.2m high) on the east side. In part the ditch is formed by a series of connected rectangular pits. It could not conceivably present any obstruction to the passage of Clennell Street, for in addition to its weak profile, the feature to be effective would need to be extended some 1100m beyond its present southern limit to the next change of contour in the ground (c/f NT 90 NW7) (3) Possibly as suggested by authority 2 (see NT 90 NW 4). No survey action taken. (4)
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