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Sweetshaw Brae, Daer Resevoir
Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric), Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Sweetshaw Brae, Daer Resevoir
Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric), Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Daer Valley
Canmore ID 258469
Site Number NS90NE 51
NGR NS 984 091
NGR Description Centred NS 984 091
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/258469
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS90NE 51 centred 984 091
NS 984 091 cairns (7) and burnt mound
On the southern slope of Sweetshaw Brae are at least seven cairns and a burnt mound. The mound is 35m S of farm buildings, on a terrace on the NE side of the Daer Reservoir. It is a classic kidney-shaped mound, 12m x 5m, with a gradually-narrowing W end. On the N side there is an active spring emerging from the ground, which may have been the original source for the site.
The cairns lie to the E of the farmon improved grassland. They range in size from 3m to 5m in diameter and up to 0.5m high. They form part of a larger group of cairns located to the E.
Recorded in draft of forthcoming report History of the Daer Valley, South Lanarkshire.
Biggar Museum Trust, T Ward 2002, NMRS MS 1774, 35.
Field Visit (2002)
On the southern slope of Sweetshaw Brae are at least seven cairns and a burnt mound. The mound is 35m S of farm buildings, on a terrace on the NE side of the Daer Reservoir. It is a classic kidney-shaped mound, 12m x 5m, with a gradually-narrowing W end. On the N side there is an active spring emerging from the ground, which may have been the original source for the site.
The cairns lie to the E of the farmon improved grassland. They range in size from 3m to 5m in diameter and up to 0.5m high. They form part of a larger group of cairns located to the E.
Recorded in draft of forthcoming report History of the Daer Valley, South Lanarkshire.
Biggar Museum Trust, T Ward 2002, NMRS MS 1774, 35
