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Brunston
Cairn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Brunston
Classification Cairn (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Brunstane
Canmore ID 51626
Site Number NT25NW 15
NGR NT 20 58
NGR Description NT c. 20 58
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51626
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Penicuik (Midlothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
Note (1988)
NT25NW 15 20 58
In the early eighteenth century a small cairn was opened about one mile from Brunston. In it there were two cists; each measured about 0.6m by 0.45m and contained cremated bone.
RCAHMS 1988
(A Gordon 1726)