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Mitchelhill Burn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mitchelhill Burn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) White Hill; Crannie Burn
Canmore ID 48721
Site Number NT03SE 23
NGR NT 0548 3351
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48721
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Broughton, Glenholm And Kilbucho
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT03SE 23 0548 3351.
(NT 054 335) The remains of a cairn are situated about three-quarters of a mile WSW of Mitchelhill farm, on the watershed between the Mitchelhill Burn and the Crannie Burn. It appears as a heather-covered stony mound, measuring 60ft in diameter and 2ft 6ins in greatest height. The central portion has been almost completely removed.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1963.
NT 0548 3351. A cairn, as described by RCAHMS.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 11 August 1972.
Scheduled as White Hill, cairn.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 4 March 2002.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
