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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 722306
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/722306
NT96NW 10 9163 6801.
(NT 9163 6801.)"It is recorded that in 1810-11....a large cairn was demolished on the summit of the Bell Hill, near St. Abbs, in which an urn, measuring about 6" in diameter and 4" high, similar to those figured in the Proceedings Society of Antiquaries 1855, 54-5, was got, which subsequently came into Dr Johnston's possession. Dr. Johnston's date is 1820, but Mr Carr's statement (A A Carr 1836).......is probably more correct. (No further information derived from (A A Carr 1836).
J Hardy 1894; G J Johnston 1841.
The summit of Bell Hill is occupied by the remains of a wartime structure, and no trace of a cairn could be found.
Visited by OS(RD) 11 March 1966.
