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Howden Cleuch

Enclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Field Boundary(s) (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Ring Enclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval)(possible)

What is recorded here

Medieval rig and furrow still break the cleuch beside possible tower house remains, proving Howden Cleuch served as a working estate rather than an empty hill. The land may have supported households, herds and disputes long before modern boundaries drew their straight lines.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Howden Cleuch as Enclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Field Boundary(s) (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Ring Enclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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