Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 561787
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/561787
In the eighteenth century it was recorded that three stone coffins, or cists, were found in a small hill just north of the road leading to Ednam. Although there is very little information available, it was noted that one of the cists contained an urn, and so it seems likely that these remains date from the Bronze Age.
Most of the flat stone slabs that formed the cists have been removed. Only one remains at the top of the knoll, near the hollow formed by the excavated area. This slab has been placed upright and the knoll is now known as the Piper's Grave.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
