Windy Gyle
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Windy Gyle
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 59004
Site Number NT81NE 35
NGR NT 86132 15520
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/59004
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Morebattle
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT81NE 35 centred on 86132 15520
(NT 86132 15520) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1962).
This circular cairn measures 43' in diameter and 5' in height. Its E side has been despoiled to provide material for a modern cairn built on its summit.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1938.
A round cairn 15.0m in diameter and 1.8m high, as described by the RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (JLD) 29 August 1960.
Revised at 1:10560 scale.
Visited by OS (BHP) 15 July 1969.
No change.
Visited by OS (TRG) 9 August 1976.
Scheduled by DoE, England.
[Undated] information in NMRS.
Towards the end of a low spur on the NE end of Windy Gyle and about 60m to the SW of another cairn (NT81NE 27), there is a cairn lying on a gentle to moderate slope above steep drop to the N and moderate to moderately steep descents on the S. The cairn measures about 12m in diameter and is 2m high. Material from the cairn has been disturbed, in two places, in attempts to form crude shelters and a metal rod has been inserted into the centre.
Information from RJ Mercer (University of Edinburgh) 16 March 1986
RCAHMS MS 2598. No. 52/642
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
