2022

NT5613 : A 'march' dyke and nascent fork of Hallrule Burn near Denholm in The Scottish Borders

taken 3 years ago, 3 km from Kirkton, Scottish Borders, Scotland

A 'march' dyke and nascent fork of Hallrule Burn near Denholm in The Scottish Borders
A 'march' dyke and nascent fork of Hallrule Burn near Denholm in The Scottish Borders
Dykes that form the march between farms have the endearing habit of having no gates - there would have been and still is no point! Add to that a farmer's role in preserving heritage artefacts - as well as saving himself astronomical repair bills by armouring dykes with barbed or electric fencing to prevent damage by stock - and you have a pretty unsurmountable bit of heritage! In this example one farm has used electricity as one can tell by the black insulators whereas the other may have felt the nascent Hallrule Burn was sufficiently deterring.

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Geographical Context: Uplands Boundary, Barrier Rivers, Streams, Drainage Primary Subject: Boundary
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Scottish Borders [11] · Bit [4] · Gate [4] · Dykes [2] · Farm [2] · Fork of Hallrule Burn Near [2] ·
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NT5613, 22 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
ian shiell   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 10 April, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 11 April, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 5655 1366 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:24.8953N 2:41.2727W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 5642 1353
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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