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Sowburn Rig
Cairnfield (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Sowburn Rig
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Sowburnrig
Canmore ID 53272
Site Number NT35NW 19
NGR NT 34715 55686
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53272
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Borthwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
Note (1988)
Sowburnrig NT 347 557 NT35NW 19
Near the headwaters of Middleton South Burn 370m SW of Sowburnrig (centre of Cairnfield), 285m OD, on level ground to the NW of the Moorfoot Hills is an area of unimproved peat moorland is a cairnfield of some 50 cairns about 160m NS by 70m EW. Averaging between 2m and 4m in diameter and generally less than 0.5m high. Practically all the cairns are peat covered, the depth averaging 0.2m.
RCAHMS 1988
(DES 1986, 20)
