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Pisgah Hill

Cairn (Prehistoric)

Site Name Pisgah Hill

Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 54121

Site Number NT41NE 5

NGR NT 4604 1705

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Roberton
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Roxburgh
  • Former County Roxburghshire

Archaeology Notes

NT41NE 5 4604 1705.

(NT 4604 1705) Cairn (NR)

OS 25" map (1968)

This cairn is situated on a spur running NNE from Pisgah Hill, just over 1000 ft OD. It is 32 ft in diameter and 3 1/2 ft high. A few boulders, forming part of a kerb, appear through the turf that covers the cairn.

RCAHMS 1956, visited 1951

A turf-covered stony mound, as described.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 30 September 1965

No change to previous information.

Surveyed at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (JB) 10 November 1979

Activities

Sbc Note (15 April 2016)

Visibility: Standing structure or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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