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Lothian Edge, Dunbar Common
Cairn(S) (Period Unknown)(Possible), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Lothian Edge, Dunbar Common
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unknown)(Possible), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 57785
Site Number NT67SW 165
NGR NT 64645 71037
NGR Description NT 6459 7097, NT 6465 7103, NT 6475 7118
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57785
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Spott (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT67SE 13 c. 651 710.
(? Approx NT 651 710) Hut Circle and Cairns, Dunbar Common: On the moor a short distance S of the summit of Lothian Edge (name: NT 655 712), which forms the N boundary of Dunbar Common, and about 1/2 mile W of the cart track to Friardykes, at an elevation of between 1000 and 1100ft OD, is a group of three cairns and a hut circle. The hut circle, which is slightly hollow in the centre, is very indistinct but measures 15ft in diameter internally. About 100 yds to the SW are the remains of what looks like a robbed cairn, 12ft wide. Stones from it have been used to form an erection, now broken down, on the summit. Some 40 yds SW of the latter is a second cairn, 12ft in diameter and 1 1/2ft in height.
Almost on the summit of the slope, about 200 yds NE of the hut circle, is the third cairn, 9ft in diameter and rising only 6 ins above the surrounding level. On the top are many loose stones, which measure up to 14 ins in length.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913
Field Visit (17 June 1913)
On the moor a short distance south of the summit of Lothian Edge, which forms the northern boundary of the Dunbar Common, and about half a mile west of the cart track to Friar dykes, at an elevation of between 1000 and 1100 feet above sea level, is a group of three cairns and a hut circle. The hut circle, which is slightly hollow in the centre, is very indistinct but measures 15 feet in diameter internally. About 100 yards to the south-west are the remains of what looks like a pillaged cairn, 12 feet wide. Stones from it have been used to form an erection, now broken down, on the summit. Some 40 yards to south-west of the latter is a second cairn 12 feet in diameter and rising 1 ½ feet in height. Almost on the summit of the slope, about 200 yards north-east of the hut circle, is the third cairn, 9 feet in diameter and rising only 6 inches above the surrounding level. On the top are many loose stones, which measure up to 14 inches in length.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 17 June 1913.
Desk Based Assessment (6 October 2010 - 1 July 2015)
Proposed extension to Crystal Rig Wind Farm, Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian. The cultural heritage assessment forms part of the Environmental Statement. The assessment identifies all cultural heritage features within the proposed wind farm extension, through desk-based assessment and reconnaissance field survey, and key external receptors within the vicinity of the development. Cultural heritage features identified by the assessment relate to medieval and post medieval agricultural exploitation of the landscape.
Information from OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-86825 (S Hickman) 2015
Field Visit (9 September 2020)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
