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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

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  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Cockburnspath
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Berwickshire
  • Former County Berwickshire

Archaeology Notes

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

Activities

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

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