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Sparleton Edge
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Sparleton Edge
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 57485
Site Number NT66NW 15
NGR NT 63936 66981
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57485
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Whittingehame
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT66NW 15 6393 6697.
(NT 6358 6792) Cairn (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
There is a cairn, situated about 1100ft OD, one mile NE of Johnscleugh. Composed of stone, covered by about 6ins of peat, it measures 25ft in diameter and 1 1/2ft high.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1914
There is no evidence of a cairn at the OS published siting, (this feature was probably a small marker cairn) or in the RCAHMS location area. However, at NT 6393 6697, just over 1/2 mile NE of Johnscleugh, is a probable cairn similar to that described. It is situated on a slight rise in undulating moorland and measures 9.5m in overall diameter and 0.6m high. Its heather-covered peat capping appears to be of considerable depth with no protruding stone. There is no obvious ditch.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (JRL) 3 May 1979
Field Visit (3 April 1914)
230. Cairn, Spartleton Edge.
About one mile north-east of Johnscleugh, on Spartleton Edge, at an elevation of about 1100 feet above sea-level, is a cairn of stone covered with a depth of about 6 inches of peat, measuring 25 feet in diameter and rising 1 ½ feet above the level of the ground.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 3 April 1914.
OS Map ref: xvi. S.E. (unnoted).
Note (8 October 2019)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
