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Notices of the Remains of Ancient Camps on hoth hanks of 

 the River Tweed, near Milne-Graden. By David Milne 

 Home, Esq., with a Plan, Plate XIV. 



On the estate of Milne-Graden, adjoining the River Tweed, 

 on its north bank, in the parish of Coldstream, there is a 

 field called the Snuke or Snuick. The highest part of this 

 field is close to the river, and is occupied by the remains of 

 an old camp. These remains consist of three embankments, 

 with a deep ditch between each, forming curved lines, con- 

 cave towards the river. These embankments are highest 

 and the ditches deepest towards the west end, that is looking 

 up the river ; towards the east, or down the river, they are 

 less distinct and prominent. At the west, the distance be- 

 tween the southmost and middle embankment, at the base, 

 is about 10 yards ; between the middle embankment and the 

 northmost, 6 yards. The height of the southmost embank- 

 ment above the ditch or fosse is 101 feet ; of the middle em- 

 bankment, 9 feet; of the northmost embankment, 7 feet. 

 The total length of the northmost embankment is about 750 

 yards. 



The bank of the river within the limits of these embank- 

 ments consists of a precipitous rock about 80 feet high, quite 

 inaccessible on that side. The embankments would afford to 

 any body of men, lying within their compass, great advantages 

 in repelling a hostile attack from any other side. The view 

 of the surrounding country is moreover from this point ex- 

 tensive. 



About a quarter of a mile above this old Fort, a ford crosses 

 the river Tweed, long known by the name of Graden Ford, 

 and more recently Twizel Ford, so named from the old castle, 

 situated about a mile to the S.E., between the rivers Tweed 

 and Till, and close to which castle the road passes leading to 

 this ford. The embankments of the Snuke Camp are so 

 drawn, that the passage of this ford could easily be watched 

 by persons in the camp or lying in the ditches between the 

 embankments. 



Witliin the lines of these embankments, there formerly 

 stood a stone building probably occupied as a dwelling-house ; 

 for when some drains were made in that part of the field, a 

 few years ago, a stone was discovered, about 4 feet in length, 

 with holes in it, which appeared to have been used as a side 

 for a window with iron bars. 



The following extract from Godscroft's History, confirms 



