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Knockhills
Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Knockhills
Classification Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 56798
Site Number NT60NE 11
NGR NT 6990 0917
NGR Description NT 6990 0917 and NT 6994 0912
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56798
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Jedburgh
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT60NE 11 6990 0917 and 6994 0912.
(A: NT 6990 0917; B: NT 6994 0912) Cairns (NR)
OS 6" map, (1963).
Cairn 'A' measures 30' in diameter and 3' in height. On its N side there is a ditch 3' wide and a few inches deep, which has clearly continued round the periphery.
It is turfed over, but occasional loose stones are visible on the surface.
Cairn 'B', 70 yds SSE of 'A', is 23' in diameter but has been reduced practically to ground level.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1939.
These cairns are as described above.
Visited by OS (JLD) 16 September 1960.
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (IA) 16 July 1973.
These cairns are as described by the RCAHMS.
Revised at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (TRG) 20 September 1976.
Field Visit (8 September 2000)
NT60NE 11
Knock Hills
Cairn
NT 69907 09190
These two cairns are situated on the S shoulder of Knock Hills East, in an area of unimproved ground about 318m to the NW of Wooplaw farmstead. The larger of the two cairns (NT 69907 09180) measures 7.5m in diameter by 1m in height. There has been some stone robbing on the NE quardant, but a possible kerb stone survives on the SE side. A ditch, which survives best to the N and W, encircles the cairn and measures 2m in width with a depth of 0.2m. The smaller cairn (NT 69952 09132) is about 60m to the SE and measures 5m in diameter and 0.3m in height.
(KALE99 305-306)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 8 September 1999
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
