White Knowe
Cairn (Bronze Age)
Site Name White Knowe
Classification Cairn (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Archerfield
Canmore ID 76200
Site Number NT58NW 37
NGR NT 5066 8576
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/76200
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dirleton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58NW 37 5066 8576.
A well-preserved cairn, 18m in diameter by 1.5m high, is situated in a forestry ride near White Knowe.
Inf: G J Barclay and P J Ashmore, SDD(IAM), 1989 and 1990.
Scheduled as White Knowe, Archerfield, cairn.
Information from Historic Scortland, scheduling document dated 8 November 1993.
NT 5066 8576 At the site of the scheduled cairn a scarped mound can be seen. It appears to be be a large natural dune with a smaller man made cairn built on top. If the two are taken to be one feature it looks like a scarped mound. The description given by Barclay and Ashmore corresponds to the dimensions of the man made upper section. The description given by Leslie which is found under the NMRS entry for the cists find spot corresponds to the dimensions of the large natural dune and the smaller man made cairn on top. At the location given for the cists find spot (NT 5057 8576) there is no such feature. The description given by Leslie also mentions the location of a flag staff. This appears to have been incorrectly located from the 1854 Ordance Survey 1:10,560 map. When plotted, the actual location for the flag staff lies to the south-west of both of the other features (NT 5046 8567). This location was confirmed by excavations carried out during the recent evaluation.
L Baker 1999
