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Latitude: 55.5575 / 55°33'27"N
Longitude: -3.3904 / 3°23'25"W
OS Eastings: 312393
OS Northings: 630194
OS Grid: NT123301
Mapcode National: GBR 44R5.SL
Mapcode Global: WH6VF.WKPW
Entry Name: Stanhope Cottage, burial cairn 240m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 2 November 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM8162
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Drumelzier
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Tweeddale West
Traditional County: Peeblesshire
The monument comprises a cairn of prehistoric date, visible as a stony mound.
The monument lies on the edge of a terrace, in rough grassland at around 210m OD. It comprises a cairn measuring about 12m in diameter and approximately 0.6m in height. The interior of the cairn has been robbed, creating a hollow and revealing the top of a large upright slab which probably represents part of a burial cist. Cairns of this type date to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, and were used as funerary structures.
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 circular, with a diameter of 35m, centred on the cairn, 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
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RCAHMS records the monument as NT 13 SW 53.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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