Long Bog, Borrowston Rig
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Long Bog, Borrowston Rig
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 56019
Site Number NT55SE 4
NGR NT 5574 5236
NGR Description NT 5574 5236 and NT 5574 5234
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56019
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Lauder
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
NT55SE 4 5574 5236 and 5574 5234
See also NT55SE 5 and NT55SE 7.
The remains of a cairn, 40ft in diameter and 2ft high, lie about 80ft north of stone circle NT55SE 5. A stony area, 24ft in diameter, probably the base of another cairn, lies 12ft to the south.
RCAHMS 1915, visited 1908; J H Craw 1923
A: At NT 5574 5236 is a robbed cairn, 13.0m in diameter and 0.6m maximum height. A trench, possibly an excavation trench, is cut through it.
B: At NT 5574 5234 is a stony area, appearing as a slight swelling in the ground, of negligible height and roughly 8.0m in diameter.
Visited by OS (JD) 16 May 1955
A: A heavily disturbed heather-covered cairn as described. Its overall diameter is 14.5m.
B: There are no intelligible remains of this feature on the edge of a natural stony rise.
'A' surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (JRL) 15 May 1979
Field Visit (13 August 1908)
227. Cairn, Borrowstoun Rig.
About 80 feet to the northward of the most northerly stone of the stone circle (No. 226) are the remains of a small circular cairn, the stones of which have been partially removed.
RCAHMS 1915, visited 13th August 1908.
OS Map: Ber, xiv. SW. (unnoted.)
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
