Cloven Knowes
Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cloven Knowes
Classification Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 48930
Site Number NT04SE 21
NGR NT 0954 4041
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48930
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Skirling
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT04SE 21 0954 4041.
(Name: NT 0954 4041) Stone Coffins or Kistvaens found (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) states that several cists, nearly all of which contained human bones, have from time to time been found here, while the New Statistical Account (NSA) records that when the road was being "opened up" about 1820, the labourers came upon several cists containing human bones.
Name Book 1856; NSA (J Alpine) 1845; RCAHMS 1967, visited 1958
An accurate siting for these finds could not be ascertained. No further information.
Visited by OS (RD) 22 July 1971
Sbc Note (21 March 2016)
Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
Previously also listed under duplicate site NT96SW 510 -CANCELLED. HES (LCK) 11.6.2024
