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Piersknowe Plantation
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Piersknowe Plantation
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 58488
Site Number NT74NW 1
NGR NT 7217 4726
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58488
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Greenlaw
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
The cairn situated in South Piersknowe Plantation is probably a prehistoric burial monument, dating from the Bronze Age.
Constructed of earth and stone, the cairn measures 18m in diameter and 1m in height. Over time, it has become grass-covered.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT74NW 1 7217 4726.
(NT 7216 4726) Cairn (NR)
OS 6"map, (1957).
There is a cairn on the top of the hill half a mile NE of Whiteside, in Piersknowe Plantation. It is of earth, 57ft in diameter and 7ft in height.
J H Craw 1923.
NT 7217 4726. A grass-covered cairn, 18.0m in diameter and 1.0m high, with a considerable stone content beneath the surface.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS(JP) 20 August 1970.
Listed as 'a large mound, probably a barrow'.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1979.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
