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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 691627
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/691627
NO87NW 3 819 762.
There are three turf-covered cairns and the possible remains of a fourth on a prominent shoulder on the W side of Water Hill, at approximately 110m OD.
'A', at NO 8200 7628, is a fine example 13.0m in diameter and 1.0m high, with a slightly hollowed centre.
'B', at NO 8189 7628, is greatly reduced and in not such a prominent position further down the slope. It is 14.0m in diameter and 0.6m
high. An upright stone, oriented E-W, 0.6m long and protruding 0.2m through the turf exactly in the centre of the cairn, may be a cist stone.
'C', at NO 8202 7626, 15.0m in diameter, is so heavily robbed that all that remains is the perimeter, visible as a low, circular bank 0.3m high.
'D', at NO 8198 7629, is a small, turf-covered mound, 6.0m in diameter, with its centre hollowed. It is possibly a cairn, despite being so much smaller than the others.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 18 December 1967
(A: NO 8200 7628; B: NO 8189 7628; C: NO 8202 7626; D: NO 8198 7629) Cairns (NR)
OS 1:10000 map (1973)
