Black Knowe
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Black Knowe
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 57960
Site Number NT71NE 44
NGR NT 7513 1555
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57960
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hownam
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT71NE 44 7513 1554
See also NT71NE 32.
(NT 7513 1554) Standing Stone (NAT)
OS 6" map, Roxburghshire, (1923).
In rough pasture, 70yds ENE of the Black Knowe cairn (NT71NE 32), there is a five-sided standing stone measuring 2'6" (0.76m) in height and 8'4" (2.54m) in girth. At distances varying from 8' to 18' (2.4 to 5.5m) from its base there are five broken fragments of stone. The largest of these measures 2'3" (0.69m) by 1'4" (0.4m) and none of them is more than a few inches high.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1947.
This is not a standing stone but a natural erratic boulder. It is similar to, and may be associated with the boulders surrounding Black Knowe cairn (NT71NE 32).
Visited by OS(IA) 18 July 1973.
The stone is as described by the RCAHMS; it is not an erratic. Its size and shape suggest that it may be a companion to the outlying stones of the adjacent cairn (NT71NE 32). The fragments (RCAHMS 1956) are of the same type as the stone but whether they were broken from it cannot be determined.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JB) 11 November 1979.
Field Visit (20 October 1999)
NT71NE 44
Black Knowe
Standing Stone
NT 7513 1554
This stone is situated a short distance above the shoulder of the hill immediately E of Dere Street and about 65m ENE of the cairn NT71NE 32. It is an amorphous block of probable volcanic origin which measures 0.95m in height by up to 0.8m from N to S and 0.5m transversely, and may be the stump of a standing stone which was formerly considerably larger.
Visited by RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 October 1999.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
