Caerketton Hill
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Caerketton Hill
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 51764
Site Number NT26NW 21
NGR NT 23700 66215
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51764
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT26NW 21 23700 66215.
(NT 2370 6621) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1958)
On the crest of Caerketton Hill about 1500 ft OD is a robbed cairn composed of small stones and measuring about 53' in diam. by about 5' high.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1928
Surveyed at 1/2500. As described.
Visited by OS (RD) 6 January 1969
Field Visit (26 November 1928)
Cairn, Caerketton Hil1.
On the crest of Caerketton Hill, immediately to the south of the crags, and at an elevation of over 1500 feet above sea-level, are the very much scattered remains of a cairn. The construction lies partly in the parish of Lasswade and partly in the parish of Colinton. It has quite obviously suffered considerable denudation, the stones having no doubt been taken to build the adjoining dike. What is left of the structure consists of very small stones and has a diameter of approximately 53 feet with an average height of about 5 feet.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 26 November 1928.
OS map: vii S.E. (unnoted).
