Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . nt Castle Law.—This mote-hill (fig. 54) issituated about 2 miles to the north-west of Coldstream, rather morethan a J mile west-south-west of the farm buildings on Castle Law,and about 250 yards south-east of the old mansion-house. It lieswithin a wood, on the top of a steep bank sloping to the Leet, andis in form a truncated cone, apparently of earth, varying from 19 feet6 inches to 25 feet in height and with a level and somewhat ovalsummit measuring some 62 feet by 70 feet in diameter, surroundedby a ditch s
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . nt Castle Law.—This mote-hill (fig. 54) issituated about 2 miles to the north-west of Coldstream, rather morethan a J mile west-south-west of the farm buildings on Castle Law,and about 250 yards south-east of the old mansion-house. It lieswithin a wood, on the top of a steep bank sloping to the Leet, andis in form a truncated cone, apparently of earth, varying from 19 feet6 inches to 25 feet in height and with a level and somewhat ovalsummit measuring some 62 feet by 70 feet in diameter, surroundedby a ditch some 30 feet wide at the bottom and 9 to 10 feet deep belowthe crest of the counter-scarp, which has a slight mound on the topof it. This mound bends out towards the west along the edge of aravine, and points to the extension of defences in that direction. 56 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. Parish of Coldstream. For a short distance on the north-north-west and south sides theditches have been filled in. , Ber., xxviii. NE. Visited 22nd October 1908. SECTION A-B. m 10 O 10 50 Ml 1 1 I 1 I <oofEET. Fig. 54. —The Mount, Castle Law (No. 103). 104. Cliff Fort, Milne Graden.—A little over J mile to the south-east of Milne Graden West Mains, in the angle between the road toColdstream and the top of the cliff on the left bank of the Tweed,partly in a grass park and partly in a thick covert, are the remains ofa strongly fortified enclosure (fig. 55). It has been enclosed by threeparallel segmental ramparts resting on the bank of the river. In the inventory of monuments, etc., in county of berwick. 57 Parish of the ramparts have been much ploughed down, but within thewood they are well preserved, existing altogether for about one halfthe area of the segment, which has had a chord of some 730 feet and ^^^ •% *x
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