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Easton-medwin Water
Cairnfield (Period Unknown)
Site Name Easton-medwin Water
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) South
Canmore ID 368952
Site Number NT05SE 15
NGR NT 0926 5015
NGR Description NT 085 501 to NT 092 502
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/368952
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Dunsyre
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
Measured Survey (1 August 1968)
Field Visit (September 1975)
On the W side of the Medwin Water, and between heights of about 275m and 335m OD, there are more than two hundred small cairns scattered over open moorland which extends northwards from opposite Locket Gate Wood (NT 092 501) at least as far as the SE slopes of Black Law (NT 085 515). The cairns are disposed in two main sections, separated by a stretch of soft, boggy ground, and the whole area is heavily covered by peat.
(2) The southern section contains at least fifty cairns, extending intermittently over largely level ground from the right bank of the Medwin Water (NT 092 502) almost as far as the West Water (NT 085 501). The plan shows the principal concentration, comprising forty-two cairns, most of which lie N of an old turf-and-stone field boundary which partly overlies one of the cairns and which is evidently much later in date. The majority of the cairns are circular, measuring from 1.8m to 5.5m in diameter and seldom more than 0.6m in height. The remainder are either oval or oblong, measuring up to 7.6m in length.
RCAHMS 1978, visited September 1975.
