Packman's Grave
Burial (Post Medieval)
Site Name Packman's Grave
Classification Burial (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 57532
Site Number NT66SW 1
NGR NT 64170 64390
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57532
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Whittingehame
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT66SW 1 6417 6439.
(Area: NT 6408 6452). Setting of Small Stones, 'The Packman's Grave' - on the muir in the fork of the roads from Priestlaw to Garvald and Gifford, at an elevation of 900 feet above sea-level, are five stones, two pointed and set on end, each 1 foot 7 inches high, and three flat, which enclose a kite-shaped area 9 feet 3 inches in length by 4 feet 6 inches in breadth. This place is known as 'The Packmans's Grave'; a packman who is said to have been murdered by an innkeeper at Danskine and traditionally said to have been buried here.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913
'The Packman's Grave', as described by the RCAHMS, was located at NT 6417 6439.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 13 April 1966.
Field Visit (12 June 1913)
244. Setting of Small Stones, ‘The Packman's Grave’.
On the muir in the fork of the roads from Priestlaw to Garvald and Gifford, at an elevation of 900 feet above sea-level, are five stones, two pointed and set on end, each 1 foot 7 inches high, and three flat, which enclose a kite-shaped area 9 feet 3 inches in length by 4 feet 6 inches in breadth. This place is known as ‘the Packman's Grave’; a packman who is said to have been murdered by an innkeeper at Danskine is traditionally said to have been buried here.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 12 June 1913.
OS Map ref: xvi. S.E. (unnoted).
Field Visit (6 March 2020)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
