Birks Cairn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Birks Cairn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 51346
Site Number NT23SE 1
NGR NT 2746 3316
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51346
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Peebles
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT23SE 1 2746 3316.
(NT 2746 3316) Birks Cairn (NAT)
OS 6" map (1964)
The denuded remains of Birks Cairn are situated on the summit of Birkscairn Hill. Armstrong (M J Armstrong 1775) describes it as " a remarkable large and regular built pile of stones", but it is now reduced to a height of a little over 1', and is 35' in diameter. A small modern cairn stands on top of the older structure. (Information from A McLaren notebook 1, 29)
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1959
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
