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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 686805
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/686805
NO24SW 8 2201 4040.
(NO 2202 4040) TUMULUS (NR)
OS 6" map (1938)
For nearby discoveries of cist and Celtic stone head, see NO24SW 9 and NO24SW 77 respectively.
Beach (Beech) Hill is an artificial mound. It is said that it was once used for the administering of justice, and that a 'Roman' urn was found here. An old thorn tree (now preserved) grows on the mound, which was mentioned in title deeds over 400 years ago. Beech Hill is described by O G S Crawford as a 'Round grass-grown mound c.10 ft. high. Stones on highest point' and by M E C Stewart as an 'Earth and water-worn stone tumulus - much eroded. Around the base are signs of larger stones set against the angle of rest of the mound.'
OSA 1796; Name Book 1864.
