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Castlehill
Natural Feature(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Castlehill
Classification Natural Feature(S) (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Manor Vale
Canmore ID 51294
Site Number NT23NW 24
NGR NT 2133 3536
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51294
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Manor
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT23NW 24 2133 3536.
Built into the wall on the W side of the public road a little S of Castlehill, Manor Vale, is a cup-marked stone. It is a fragment of hard whinstone measuring c. 24" x 18", and bearing 5 cups, nearly equal in size, sharply cut, and in good preservation.
D Christison 1889
NT 2133 3536. The stone is as described by Christison; it is built into the base of the wall.
Visited by OS (EGC) 22 May 1962
These 'cup-marks' are of natural origin; the stone is not an antiquity.
(Undated) information from Mr A McLaren, RCAHMS.
Not located.
Visited by OS (RD) 16 June 1971.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
