Camp Hill
Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Camp Hill
Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 81489
Site Number NT15NE 60
NGR NT 1918 5973
NGR Description NT 1918 5973 and NT 1914 5970
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Midlothian
- Parish Penicuik (Midlothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT15NE 60 1918 5973 and 1914 5970
Two grass-covered burnt mounds are situated beside an unnamed tributary of the Eastside Burn which drains the gully on the NW side of Camp Hill. The N mound (NT 1918 5973), which is C-shaped (opening out on the E), lies against the S end of a low knoll and measures 6.9m from NNE to SSW by 6m transversely and 0.4m in height. The S mound (NT 1914 5970) is oval and lies immediately to the SE of a drystone wall. It measures 8.4m from NW to SE by 7.3m transversely and 0.5m in height. Both mounds comprise densely packed cracked stone set in a matrix of black soil.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 11 January 1995.
Field Visit (11 January 1995)
Two grass-covered burnt mounds are situated beside an unnamed tributary of the Eastside Burn which drains the gully on the NW side of Camp Hill. The N mound (NT 1918 5973), which is C-shaped (opening out on the E), lies against the S end of a low knoll and measures 6.9m from NNE to SSW by 6m transversely and 0.4m in height. The S mound (NT 1914 5970) is oval and lies immediately to the SE of a drystone wall. It measures 8.4m from NW to SE by 7.3m transversely and 0.5m in height. Both mounds comprise densely packed cracked stone set in a matrix of black soil.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 11 January 1995.
