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Westruther Burn
Cairn (Prehistoric), Mound (Period Unknown)
Site Name Westruther Burn
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric), Mound (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 49020
Site Number NT05SW 19
NGR NT 02724 50180
NGR Description NT 02724 50180 and NT c.0278 5021
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49020
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Carnwath
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
Field Visit (25 June 1943)
Cairn, Westruther Burn.
This cairn is situated 175 yds W of the Westruther Burn approximately on a line joining the summits of Corse Law and Horse Law. It is round in shape, and measures 37ft in diameter and 4ft in height. It is made of large stones as far as can be seem through a covering of turf and heather. Close beside it is a large quarry-hole, from which the material may have been taken (c.f. ‘Upper Cairn’ in West Linton Parish, Peebleshire [NT15SW 3]).
Visited by RCAHMS 25 July 1943
OS map ref: xxi SW (unnoted)
Field Visit (April 1973)
NT 027 501. A cairn, now largely grass-covered and measuring 10m in diameter and a little over 1m in height, stands about 350m ENE of the cairn described on NT05SW 3.
RCAHMS 1978, visited April 1973
Field Visit (12 February 1979)
NT05SW 19 0272 5017.
A grass-covered cairn as described by the RCAHMS. It stands in an area of loose stones and boulders and has a smaller stony mound about 70.0m to the north-east.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 12 February 1979
