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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 642552

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/642552

HU35SW 5 3440 5186.

HU 346 520 (2) A turf-covered mound lies a short distance above high-water mark at The Firth, near Quarsdale.

It is about 41' in diameter and has an average height of from 4'6" to 5'. A few small stones can be seen projecting through the surface. A hollow 14 to 16ft. square and 2ft deep has been dug in the top and is now covered with turf.

RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1931.

Calder lists it under 'Cairns.'

C S T Calder 1965.

A mound at HU 3440 5187,as described by the RCAHM. Unable to positively identify but possibly a cairn. An incomplete circle of large stones c.6.5m diameter, approx, 15.0m to the W, and showing through the peat, may be modern.

Visited by OS(NKB) 7th June 1968.

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