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Elsie Cleugh Rig
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Elsie Cleugh Rig
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 57459
Site Number NT66NE 13
NGR NT 66686 66283
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57459
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Spott (Berwickshire)
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County East Lothian
Field Visit (14 June 1913)
On a gently sloping ridge, known as Elsie Cleuch Rig, running down towards the east from Spartleton, some 50 yards from the top of the steep brae on the western bank of Bothwell Water and some 350 yards south-west of Caldercleugh, at an elevation of 900 feet above sea-level, is a hut circle, difficult to detect among heather but measuring 15 feet in diameter internally and 9 inches in depth [NT66NE 12]. Some 80 yards to the northeast is a cairn, 26 feet in diameter and 2 ½ feet in height, which has been excavated on the south-western side [NT66NE 13]. About 20 yards south-south-east of the hut circle is a stony mound covered with grass, 12 feet in diameter and 9 inches in height, which is slightly hollow in the centre [NT66NE 14]. It is impossible to say definitely whether the last is a cairn or a hut circle but the former is more probable.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 14 June 1913.
Field Visit (17 September 2020)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
