Tweeddale's Time Team!

View of part of the Eddleston valley, looking east towards the Moorfoot Hills.

What is this exhibition about?

One of our main aims is to increase knowledge and understanding of the archaeological heritage of Tweeddale.

Between 1994 and 2000 we carried out a survey of the Manor Valley, just west of Peebles, and we published a booklet about its archaeology.

Now we are undertaking research into the parish of Eddleston, which occupies the broad valley to the north of Peebles.

What does the Eddleston Parish Project involve?

Recording the remains of Greenside, an abandoned 19th century cottage near Craigburn. According to the 1841 population census, a Charles Walshe lived here with his wife, 4 children and another man, John Melrose. Now, all that survives are the footings of the building.

We are attempting to find out all can about the archaeology and history of the area.

We are interested in everything from stone tools left behind by the very earliest inhabitants of the area right up to traces of farms abandoned just over a century ago. They are all part of its story.

In this exhibition, we show how we are tackling the project - by trying to find various clues to the past - and what that evidence can tell us.

Members of the survey group at Ralph’s Well, on the line of the old road leading south from Eddleston towards Peebles.

The project will not be completed for several more years, so this is not intended to be the last word on the subject! If you can tell us anything about the Eddleston area, please let us know.

When the work is done, you will be able to read all about our results.