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Latitude: 55.8693 / 55°52'9"N
Longitude: -2.5892 / 2°35'21"W
OS Eastings: 363225
OS Northings: 664168
OS Grid: NT632641
Mapcode National: GBR B0CK.7W
Mapcode Global: WH8WK.6Q9X
Entry Name: Blue House, cairns 720m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 23 February 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7873
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Whittingehame
County: East Lothian
Electoral Ward: Haddington and Lammermuir
Traditional County: East Lothian
The monument comprises two burial cairns of prehistoric date, visible as grass and heather-covered mounds.
The monument lies on sloping ground in an area of rough grassland at around 290m OD. It consists of two cairns, the first measuring about 9m in diameter and standing to a height of about 0.6m on the downslope side. The summit of the cairn is roughly level, with a slight rim measuring approximately 1m thick and about 0.1m high.
The second cairn, situated close to the ESE of the first, measures about 11m in diameter and stands to a height of about 0.5m on the downslope side. The cairn top is roughly level, with a small hollow slightly off-centre and faint traces of a rim on the SE side.
Cairns of this type are funerary monuments dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, and may be expected to contain burials and other deposits relating to a lengthy period of veneration and use.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is rectangular with maximum dimensions of 70m WNW-ESE and 40m SSW-NNE, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NT 66 SW 12.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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