Accessibility

Font Size

100% 150% 200%

Background Colour

Default Contrast
Close Reset

Pricing Change

New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered. 

 

Upcoming Maintenance

Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates:

Thursday, 9 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Thursday, 23 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Thursday, 30 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

During these times, some functionality such as image purchasing may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Archaeology Notes

Event ID 718203

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/718203

NT53SW 29 5475 3224

(NT 5475 3224) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map (1967)

This cairn is situated on the SW flank of Eildon Mid Hill about 100ft below the summit, at a height of some 1285ft OD. It has been much robbed and now appears as a low, irregular mound of stones, about 50ft in diameter, from which a few boulders protrude to indicate the possible former presence of a cist.

RCAHMS 1956, visited 1948; R W Feachem 1963.

This cairn measures 15.0m by 13.0m and 0.5m in height, and is as described above.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (JLD) 11 January 1961.

People and Organisations

References