Blackhill Farm
Barrow (Prehistoric)
Site Name Blackhill Farm
Classification Barrow (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 46674
Site Number NS84SW 5
NGR NS 8278 4404
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Lesmahagow
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
Field Visit (1 August 1966)
NS84SW 5 8278 4404.
(NS 8278 4404) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map (1971)
This ploughed-down, turf-covered barrow was as described by the RCAHMS when seen in 1966. Several small stones lay on and around it.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 1 August 1966
Field Visit (August 1974)
Barrow, Blackhill, Lesmahagow.
The remains of this barrow are situated in an arable field 80m W of Blackhill farm. It measures about 26m in diameter and 1.7m in height, but it was formerly almost twice this height; it is said to have contained a number of inhumation burials (Young 1899, 501-2).
RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1974
