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Field Visit
Date April 1959
Event ID 1118078
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1118078
Long Cairn, Harelaw Muir.
The remains of what has probably been a long cairn are situated on level ground, at a height of 930 ft OD, about half a mile NE of the cross-roads of Old Deepsykehead and 100 yds NW of the road from West Linton to Penicuik. Most of the cairn lies within an old plantation which is enclosed by a stone dyke; the trees have now been felled and the dyke is in very ruinous condition. It is reported (ONB 21, p.41) that the cairn was a large one and that it was demolished to provide stone for the dyke surrounding the plantation. It is not known whether any relics were found. At the present time the remains consist simply of a low, grass-grown-ragged mound from which a few boulders protrude, especially at the ends; it measures 190 ft in length from NE to SW, 45 ft in breadth and 3 ft in maximum height. There is no sign of any internal structure.
RCAHMS 1967, visited April 1959
NT15SE (‘Cairn, site of’)
179546
