Crook Hill
Cairn (Prehistoric), Cist (Prehistoric)
Site Name Crook Hill
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric), Cist (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 48515
Site Number NT02NE 6
NGR NT 0995 2506
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48515
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Tweedsmuir
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT02NE 6 0995 2506.
The New Statistical Account (NSA) states that about 1788 a cist containing an urn was found beneath a cairn on Nether Oliver. The exact location is unknown.
NSA 1845 (G Burns); RCAHMS 1967, visited 1962
Buchan and Paton, however, state that it was on the Crook Hill, where Oliver Castle once stood (at NT 0995 2506 - see NT02NE 1).
J W Buchan and H Paton 1927
Sbc Note
Visibility: Evidence for this site, or the origins of this site, comes from documentary sources. Nothing may be visible at this location.
Information from SBC.