Picture Gallery

Armstrong Companion.jpg

List of farms in Tweedsmuir Parish in 1775.

armstrong map 1775 cropped.jpg

Map showing Half Mile House, Fork Foots and Blairsheep.

Map of 1856.jpg

Map shows the site of the ruins of Forkfoots.

Bridge over Glenrusco burn looking east.jpg

Photograph taken from forestry road bridge over the Glenrusco burn.

Site of Forkfoots looking east.jpg

Photograph taken from forestry road just east of bridge.

Confuence of Westerhope and Glenrusco burns looking west.jpg

Forkfoots large sheepfold Stell.jpg

Forkfoots Rowan Tree..jpg

Rowan trees (mountain ash) were always grown near the front door of dwellings to ward off evil spirits and felling one was bad luck.

Forkfoots site of Shepherd's Cottage.jpg

Forkfoots site of well dog marking spot.jpg

The small ridge discernible between the burn and the tree line is an enclosure boundary wall.

Forkfoots small sheepfold stell.jpg

Forkfoots stone walling hidden by trees.jpg

Stones are remains of Forkfoots farmhouse.jpg

Glenrusco Burn 02.jpg

Glenrusco Burn..jpg

Just north of confluence but beside enclosures. Was this scenic waterfall actually the remains of a dam for watering stock or was it a garden water feature?

forestry road near glenrusco-forkfoots..jpg