Birkie Sike
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Birkie Sike
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Little Heuch Law
Canmore ID 57984
Site Number NT71NE 66
NGR NT 7818 1663
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57984
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hownam
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT71NE 66 7818 1663.
NT 7818 1663. A turf-covered cairn situated on a slight eminence on gently undulating ground at 290m OD. It measures 13.5m in overall diameter and is 1.0m high on the SE side with a flat top 10.0m in diameter. It is composed of earth and largish stones and appears to be undisturbed.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JRL) 5 November 1979.
Field Visit (3 November 1999)
NT71NE 66
Birkie Sike, Little Heuch Law
Cairn
NT 78182 16633
This cairn is situated on a slight plateau, about 270m SW of Little Heuch Law. Measuring 10.7m in diameter and standing up to 0.6m in height, it has a flat-topped appearance. The centre and edges of the cairn have been disturbed by quarrying.
(KALE99 454)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 3 November 1999
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
