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Kirklands
Barrow(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Kirklands
Classification Barrow(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 58863
Site Number NT77SE 23
NGR NT 75724 70755
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58863
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Cockburnspath
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT77SE 23 NT 75724 70755
NT 757 708. Cropmarks reveal a probable ring-ditch 300m NNE of Kirklands.
RCAHMS 1980
Information to follow.
RCAHMS (KB) 25 May 2000
NT 7657 7077 (centre) A watching brief was undertaken to monitor the excavation of the archaeologically sensitive sections of a pipe trench which extends from Clifton Hill, outside Cockburnspath, to Oldhamstocks (NT 7658 7079 - NT 7577 7085). Five archaeological features were located during the watching brief: a short cist with a single inhumation; a section of ditch; part of a possible ring-ditch; a shallow pit; and a small feature overlain by gravels.
It was during the monitoring of a cropmark-rich area within which burials have frequently been discovered during the 19th and early 20th centuries that the short cist burial was revealed, as was a small section of possible ring-ditch.
One metre to the W of the short cist inhumation (see NT77SE 8) a section of probable ring-ditch was identified. Visible on an aerial photograph, the excavated feature was semi-circular in plan and measured 8m in visible length. Numerous fragments from an in situ bucket-shaped vessel (identified as flat rimmed ware) were recovered from the edge of this feature.
A report will be lodged with NMRS.
Sponsor: East of Scotland Water.
A R Rees 1999
Excavation (1999)
NT 7657 7077 (centre) A watching brief was undertaken to monitor the excavation of the archaeologically sensitive sections of a pipe trench which extends from Clifton Hill, outside Cockburnspath, to Oldhamstocks (NT 7658 7079 - NT 7577 7085). Five archaeological features were located during the watching brief: a short cist with a single inhumation; a section of ditch; part of a possible ring-ditch; a shallow pit; and a small feature overlain by gravels.
It was during the monitoring of a cropmark-rich area within which burials have frequently been discovered during the 19th and early 20th centuries that the short cist burial was revealed, as was a small section of possible ring-ditch.
One metre to the W of the short cist inhumation (see NT77SE 8) a section of probable ring-ditch was identified. Visible on an aerial photograph, the excavated feature was semi-circular in plan and measured 8m in visible length. Numerous fragments from an in situ bucket-shaped vessel (identified as flat rimmed ware) were recovered from the edge of this feature.
A report will be lodged with NMRS.
Sponsor: East of Scotland Water.
A R Rees 1999
Sbc Note
Visibility: This site is visible as a cropmark.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
