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Windy Gyle, 'russell's Cairn'

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Windy Gyle, 'russell's Cairn'

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 58986

Site Number NT81NE 19

NGR NT 85535 15232

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Morebattle
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Roxburgh
  • Former County Roxburghshire

Archaeology Notes

NT81NE 19 85535 15232

(NT 85535 15232) Russell's Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, (1962).

Russell's Cairn, on the summit of Windy Gyle (2034' OD) may well be of Bronze Age date; it is circular, 55' in diameter by 8' in height and is almost intact apart from a reduction and levelling of the top to form a base for a modern extension. It shows no sign of internal construction. (See RCAHMS 1956, fig.5). Its name comes from Lord Russell who met his death "at a day of truce held at Cocklaw" in 1585. It is doubtful if this was the scene of the murder and the attribution may be relatively recent.

RCAHMS 1956, visited 1938; R W Feachem 1963.

Russell's Cairn is as described.

Visited by OS (JLD) 29 June 1960.

No change.

Resurveyed at 1:10 000

Visited by OS (TRG) 9 August 1976.

Russell's Cairn crowns the summit of Windy Gyle. The cairn measures 17m in diameter and stands up to 3m in height. There are neither kerb stones, nor internal features visible. The cairn has been reduced in height and levelled off and an OS triangulation point erected on it.

Information from RJ Mercer (University of Edinburgh) 16 March 1986

RCAHMS MS 2598. No. 55c/648

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Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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