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Standard Knowe
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Standard Knowe
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 58067
Site Number NT71SE 14
NGR NT 7841 1300
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58067
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hownam
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT71SE 14 7841 1300
(NT 7841 1300) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1962).
The modern cairn on the summit of Standard Knowe stands on an ancient foundation, consisting of a more or less circular accumulation of quarried stone, some fairly large, which measures about 40' in diameter but now not more than 2' in height. No other features of the original cairn have survived.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1947.
This cairn is as described above.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 12 September 1960.
The remains of this cairn now measure 15.0m in diameter and 0.8m high. It has a modern cairn and a stone shelter upon it.
Visited by OS (BS), 1 September 1976.
Field Visit (20 September 1999)
NT71SE 14
Standard Knowe
Cairn
NT 78414 12998
On the summit of Standard Hill there is a cairn measuring 11m in diameter and 0.7m in height. On the W side of the cairn, a drystone pen been has been built over the remains of two earlier pens. The E side of this later pen has been built into the cairn.
(KALE99 200)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 20 September 1999
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
