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Hirendean Castle
Cairn (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Site Name Hirendean Castle
Classification Cairn (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Canmore ID 51655
Site Number NT25SE 11
NGR NT 298 512
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Midlothian
- Parish Temple
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT25SE 11 298 512.
At the foot of the NW shoulder of the Huntly Cot Hills, 100 yds E of Hirendean Castle but on the opposite side of the Hirendean Burn, at an elevation of 1200ft OD, is an oval mound like a cairn, containing stones, the longer axis running N -S. It measures 15ft by 10ft by 2ft. Some 20ft S of this are foundations of an irregularly shaped enclosure, 20 yds long N-S, adjoining which, to the S, is the rectangular mound of a small house. The mound cannot be recorded definitely as a cairn, as it may be formed with stones from these late structures.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 4 August 1913
