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Wyndburgh Hill
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Wyndburgh Hill
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 55184
Site Number NT50SE 2
NGR NT 5526 0388
NGR Description NT 5526 0388 and NT 5528 0387
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55184
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hobkirk
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT50SE 2 5526 0388 to 5528 0387.
(NT 5526 0386) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1963)
This cairn, situated immediately E of the summit of of Windburgh Hill, consists of a low, spread mound of tumbled boulders measuring about 22' in diameter. A small modern cairn has been built on the NE quadrant.
The cairn lies within an irregular four-sided enclosure formed by a low, grass-covered, stony bank up to about 5' in width, in which there is no entrance. The longer axis of the enclosure measures about 100' NW-SE. Loose boulders cover the ground in the SSE corner and the N quarter of the enclosure, the rest of the interior, including the part on which the cairn stands, being under grass.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1949
There are the remains of two cairns on the summit of Windburgh Hill. Each comprises a low spread of boulders measuring up to 8.0m in diameter lying immediately to the N of a modern cairn and on a slight slope to the E of it. The slight remains of the enclosure are as described but are undatable.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (IA) 12 July 1973
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
