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Danskine Burn
Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Danskine Burn
Classification Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Darned House
Canmore ID 56063
Site Number NT56NE 10
NGR NT 59074 66176
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56063
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Garvald And Bara
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT56NE 10 5907 6618
(NT 5907 6618) Cairn (NR)
OS 25" map (1967)
This cairn is situated on gently sloping moorland at 1000ft OD; it measures 34ft ENE-WNW by 30ft transversely and is 3ft high towards its N end but is denuded towards the S. Where its grassy covering has been broken into, it may be seen that the cairn is composed of stones which are cracked and broken into small pieces.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913.
This cairn is generally as described by the RCAHMS, its denuded SE end being less than 0.2m high. It is completely turf-covered.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (JTT) 20 September 1965.
This disturbed, turf-covered mound lies in an area of moorland marsh which is criss-crossed by drainage channels. It is apparently composed of soil and small stone and there is no evidence of large stones. It is uncertainly a burial mound.
Visited by OS (JRL) 12 June 1979.
Field Visit (7 June 1913)
About ¾ mile west of Darned House, and 100 yards north north-east of the Gifford and Priestlaw Road, at an elevation of 1000 feet above sea-level, on a gently sloping piece of muirland, is a cairn measuring 34 feet from east-south-east to west-north-west and 30 feet across; it is 3 feet in height towards the northern end but is denuded at the opposite side. At one part, where the grassy covering has been broken into, the cairn is seen to be composed of stones, which are cracked and broken up into small pieces.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 7 June 1913.
Note (8 October 2019)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
