BunJde Edge Forts. By Francis Lynn. 875 



a mile to the west of the Fort, there are remains of another 

 British track, similar to those described in connection with 

 Fort No. 3. I followed it easily, in a northerly direction, 

 for about half a mile, on a line running towards Brockholes. 

 On the south, after crossing the top of the ridge, it curved 

 slightly towards the Fort, and seemed to pass onwards into 

 the ground presently under cultivation. From its direction, 

 I should say that it too ran to the crossing at Billy 

 Causeway. 



Besides the Forts noted, there are at least other three 

 sites marked on the maps, as on the slopes of Bunkle Edge, 

 which I have not been able to visit. Report says that they 

 are very faint. One in the field to the north-west of Bunkle 

 Castle shows an extensive quarry. If the Fort was ever 

 there, it is now gone. 



Since my visit to Bunkle Edge, a member of the Club, 

 Mr A. Anderson — to whom I have been largely indebted — 

 has made a drawing of a cluster of enclosures which occur 

 in the wood above Primrose Hill. These are very interest- 

 ing, and belong to a class of work of which examples have 

 lately been observed amongst the Cheviots, and on some of 

 the hills to the west of Gala Water. They cannot be 

 termed Forts, but are evidently of ancient British origin. 

 Of one thing there can be no doubt, and that is that at a 

 remote period, when the climatic conditions were probably 

 different from what they now are, there was along this 

 ridge a very considerable population, with a civilization of 

 a kind, and both the will and the power to execute extensive 

 public works. Now the ridge is bleak and cold, furnishing 

 plants of a truly Alpine character, one member picking up 

 a variety of Club Moss which I have not before seen 

 lower than the 1500 feet line."^' 



* I saw one of the specimens of Clnb Moss, picked up on the moor 

 on the day of the excursion, and it was Lycopodium selago, L. (Fir 

 Club Moss.) It occurs on all the high heathy ground in this part 

 of Berwickshire. L. alpinum- may be here also, for it grows in 

 several localities, especially old roads on Coldingham Moor, where 

 L. selago may also be seen. L. clavatum and L. selaginoides are the 

 other two well-known kinds. They can all grow below 800 feet 

 hereabouts. — J.H. 



