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Blakebillend

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Blakebillend

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 55150

Site Number NT50NW 12

NGR NT 5142 0623

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

Archaeology Notes

NT50NW 12 5142 0623.

(NT 5142 0623) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map (1958)

This dilapidated, turf-covered round cairn is situated 40 yds SW of the WSW entrance to earthwork NT50NW 1 . It measures 30 ft in diameter by 1 ft 9 ins in maximum height; a flagstaff has been erected on it.

RCAHMS 1956, visited 1948

The cairn is as described by the RCAHMS. The flagstaff has fallen.

Surveyed at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (JB) 29 November 1979

Photographed by the RCAHMS.

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Sbc Note

Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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