Old Deepsykehead
Enclosed Cremation Cemetery (Bronze Age), Enclosure(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Old Deepsykehead
Classification Enclosed Cremation Cemetery (Bronze Age), Enclosure(S) (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 50206
Site Number NT15SE 20
NGR NT 1751 5363
NGR Description NT1751 5362, NT 1767 5365 and NT 1774 5382
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Linton (Tweeddale)
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT15SE 20 1751 5363.
(A- NT 1751 5362) A probable enclosed cremation cemetery is situated 900' OD, 300 yds. SSE of the crossroads at Old Deepsykehead. It measures 56' in diameter within a stony bank 8-10' thick and 1'6" high. There is a 2' wide gap in the bank on the SW, and centrally placed in the interior is a circular stony mound, 12' in diameter and 1'3" high. (Information from A McLaren notebook 2, 79 and R W Feachem notebook 1960, 7).
Source: RCAHMS 1967, visited 1961
Three circular enclosures, each situated on slightly raised ground in an area of moss.
A - A probable enclosed cremation cemetery, as described.
B - NT 1767 5365. An earthen bank 2.5m wide x 0.3m high enclosing an area 5.5m in diameter. The interior is irregular with a possible entrance in the S.
C - NT 1774 5382. The remains of a circular earthen bank 2.8m wide x 0.3m high enclosing an area 8.5m in diameter which contains a central raised platform 5.0m in diameter and 0.2m high. The E half has been destroyed.
B and C are similar to the ring enclosure at Broughton Knowe, Peebles (NT03NE 15).
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (JP) 17 February 1970
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
