Windy Edge
Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Windy Edge
Classification Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Tinnisburn Forest
Canmore ID 74856
Site Number NY48SW 19
NGR NY 4351 8376
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74856
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Castleton
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NY48SW 19 4351 8376.
The turf-covered remains of a cairn are situated in a clearing in a recently cleared and replanted forestry plantation at the W end of Windy Edge. It measures about 6m in diameter by 0.5m in height and its edge has been damaged by recent forestry ploughing, revealing a core of small boulders and stones.
A second cairn, also measuring about 6m in diameter, is visible in the exposed section of a drain about 45m to the W.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 1 July 1993.
Field Visit (28 February 1996)
These cairns are generally as previously described. That to the E (at NY 4351 8376) stands at the junction of two forestry rides and has been damaged, presumably by forestry traffic. The second cairn is still visible in the N side of a drain to the W.
(LID96 159)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 28 February 1996
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
