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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 721721
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/721721
NT71SE 14 7841 1300
(NT 7841 1300) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1962).
The modern cairn on the summit of Standard Knowe stands on an ancient foundation, consisting of a more or less circular accumulation of quarried stone, some fairly large, which measures about 40' in diameter but now not more than 2' in height. No other features of the original cairn have survived.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1947.
This cairn is as described above.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 12 September 1960.
The remains of this cairn now measure 15.0m in diameter and 0.8m high. It has a modern cairn and a stone shelter upon it.
Visited by OS (BS), 1 September 1976.
