Black Mount
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Black Mount
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 348124
Site Number NT04NE 103
NGR NT 0855 4555
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/348124
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Dolphinton
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NT04NE 74 08660 4563, 0855 4555 and 0870 4557
A survey of Black Mount Hill was carried out as part of the Biggar Museum 'Pre-History North of Biggar Project'.
NT 0860 4563 Ring enclosure.
NT 0855 4555 Cairn.
NT 0870 4557 Ring enclosure
Full report lodged with NMRS.
Sponsor: Biggar Museum trust
T Ward 1999
Field Visit (1998)
Cairn
On the SE flank of Black Mount at circa 350m OD there is a small cairn. The cairn is situated on a ridge between two tributaries of Mill Burn. It measures 4.5m in diameter by 0.6m high but appears to have been disturbed by the removal of some stone.
Tam Ward, Biggar Archaeology Group, 1999
