(Centred NT 91620855) Confused earthworks and hollow-tracks. Possibly a double cross-dyke. (1)

Remains of two parallel cross-dykes are situated upon north-west facing moorland pasture slopes, above a saddle in the north-west to south-east ridge, along which passes Clennell Street.
The street descending the slopes towards the saddle branches out into several hollow ways, which have broken up and confused the original course of the cross-dykes for some part of their length. On the slopes to the south-west, however, they are quite distinct, with ditches on the south, uphill, side. The lower bank is the stronger, being 4m-6m wide, with a max height of 1m. The higher bank is 4m wide with a max height of 0.3m and its ditch is 3m wide with a max depth of 0.3m. There are further remains of the cross dykes to the north east of the hollow ways. In the saddle itself, are numerous fragments of ditch and bank broken up and confused by the trackways. All are very slight. (2)

The eastern bank and ditch south of Clennell Street are of peculiar construction and may be modern. At the southern extremity of this portion the ditch consists of a series of shallow rectangular pits approx 2m x 1m and separated by a narrow baulk of earth. This type of construction is a feature of modern military engineering, the pits, each representing a one man task, being the first stage in the construction of a continuous trench. (3)

Only one fragment of these two parallel features between NT 91450841 and NT 91510854 bears any resemblance to a cross dyke, the remainder being insignificant and probably modern drainage ditches and upcast. The section of bank and accompanying ditch in question is only slightly weaker than that of the classic md example to the south (NT 90 NW 7); but whereas there the ridge is only 250m wide, in this case a dyke of some 600m would need to be constructed to form an effective obstruction. As previously noted, there are no traces of any continuation to the north east beyond the confusion of hollow ways, but the former existence of a complete feature cannot be entirely discounted. Sketch survey of remains at 1:2500. (4)

A short distance from the south west end of the section noted by F3 a slight but similar bank and ditch strikes off in a westerly direction before petering out. This may be a later field boundary, but it could have linked this dike with that to the north west (NT 90 NW 3) forming three sides of an enclosure to prevent cattle from straying into the steep valley of the Alwinton Burn. (5)

Mainly as described. Surveyed at 1:10000 (the feature lying between NT 91470841 and NT 91510850). (6)

Cross dyke, NT 915084-915085 Uplaw Knowe A. (7)

NT 9149 0847. Cross dyke SE of Uplaw Knowe. Scheduled RSM No 25016.
A cross dyke running for 130m above a saddle of ground in a NW to SE ridge. It is thought that monument was once a much longer feature running between steep slopes on either side of the ridge. The dyke comprises an earthen bank 4m-6m wide standing to a maximum height of 1m with a ditch 2.5m wide and 0.5m deep on the S side of the bank. Clennell Street, a medieval drove road, passes through a gap in the cross dyke, but its relationship with the monument is uncertain. It is thought that the cross dyke is prehistoric in origin and marks a territorial division which may have been reused in the medieval period. (8)