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Burnfoot

Findspot (Period Unassigned), Quern (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Burnfoot

Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Quern (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 58216

Site Number NT72NE 6

NGR NT 783 258

NGR Description NT c. 783 258

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Linton (Roxburgh)
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Roxburgh
  • Former County Roxburghshire

Archaeology Notes

NT72NE 6 c. 783 258

An upper quernstone, of beehive shape, with central hole and decorative grooves; probably from Burnfoot Farm; has been presented to The Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1951 (Donations).

Enquiries at Burnfoot Farm proved negative. No further information.

Visited by OS(WDJ) 29 November 1967.

Beehive querns - Native flat querns - Roman.

R G Collingwood and I Richmond 1969.

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Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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