Lintie Knowe
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lintie Knowe
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 59360
Site Number NT82SW 15
NGR NT 82140 20240
NGR Description From NT 82138 20249 to NT 82142 20226
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/59360
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Morebattle
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT82SW 15 From 82138 20249 to 82142 2022
(NT 82140 20240) Lintie Knowe (NAT) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1962).
A large, mutilated, grass-covered cairn, measuring 28.0m NE-SW by 18.0m and 1.5m high. It is known locally as 'Lintie Knowe'. (OS 6"map, annotated by O G S Crawford).
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 18 August 1960 and (RD) 14 june 1968.
No change.
Visited by OS (TRG) 12 August 1976.
The mutilated remains of this cairn, known locally as Lintie Knowe, are situated immediately SW of the road to Calroust within the area of narrow cross-contour rig (NT82SW 270). The cairn measures 29.5m from NE to SW by 18m and stands up to 1.5m in height. It has been quarried into in at least three places. About 50m to the W, there is a large irregular modern clearance cairn measuring 8m in diameter.
Information from RJ Mercer (University of Edinburgh) 1 April 1985
RCAHMS MS 2598. No. 24/298
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
