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Piper's Stone

Stone (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Piper's Stone

Classification Stone (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 49942

Site Number NT13SW 49

NGR NT 1153 3400

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Broughton, Glenholm And Kilbucho
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Tweeddale
  • Former County Peebles-shire

Archaeology Notes

NT13SW 49 1153 3400.

A block of whinstone where, according to legend, Bertram the Cobbler played the pipes when the king passed by.

Name Book 1857.

A now recumbent stone with no inscriptions. Doubtful antiquity.

Visited by OS 16 March 1964.

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Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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