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Bught Rig
Stone Setting (Period Unknown)
Site Name Bught Rig
Classification Stone Setting (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Douglas Stones
Canmore ID 51197
Site Number NT22NE 2
NGR NT 269 286
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51197
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Yarrow
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Selkirkshire
NT22NE 2 269 286.
(Area centred)NT 269 286 Indeterminate Remains, Bught Rig, 1. A roughly rectangular setting of eight stones known as the "Douglas Stones" (C G Cash 1913), is situated at a height of about 1300ft OD on Bught Rig, one mile NW. of Blackhouse farmhouse. The position is a marshy hollow, in which the Risp Sike runs E. to join the Brakehope Burn.
Although all the stones are set on end, only three of them are earthfast; the largest is 2ft. 2 in. high and measures 3ft. by 2ft. at the base, while the smallest is only 7 in. high.
The stones do not appear to belong to a pre-historic structure, and were probably connected with the farm or croft the former presence of which is indicated by the cleared grassy areas and by other quarried stones that are to be seen in the immediate vicinity.
RCAHMS 1957, visited 1950
These stones are as described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 26 June 1962
Members of the Scottish Borders Hill Walking Club reported that forestry has destroyed this site.
Information in letter from D.P. Robinson, November 1983 S/361.
The stones were found again in 2005, within very dense forest.
Information in letter from Ms J Payne to RCAHMS, dated 25 July 2005
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
