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Blackcastle
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Blackcastle
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 57302
Site Number NT64NE 7
NGR NT 69128 47940
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57302
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Greenlaw
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT64NE 7 6912 4794.
(NT 6912 4794) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6"map, Berwickshire, 2nd ed., (1909).
A low cairn 32 ft in diameter.
J H Craw 1923.
'A'. NT 6912 4794: A turf-covered, stony mound 12.0m in diameter and 0.6m high.
'B'. NT 6919 4797. On a gentle slope leading to the river is a smaller mound, 10.0m in diameter and 0.1m high. It is now much spread but appears to be of similar composition to the other cairn.
Visited by OS(JD) 27 January 1955.
Previous field report confirmed, but mound 'B' is such a vague, indefinite feature, with little to identify it as a cairn, that it is not worthy of survey.
Visited by OS(RDL) 22 August 1963.
Field Visit (September 1979)
Blackcastle NT 691 479 NT64NE 7
This cairn measures 9.5m in diameter and 0.6m in height. No mention of ‘Cairn B’ described in 1955 and 1963.
RCAHMS 1980, visited September 1979.
(Craw 1922, 186).
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
