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Latitude: 55.5886 / 55°35'18"N
Longitude: -3.4525 / 3°27'8"W
OS Eastings: 308551
OS Northings: 633726
OS Grid: NT085337
Mapcode National: GBR 43BT.BH
Mapcode Global: WH5T2.YS4M
Entry Name: Trebetha Hill, cairn 140m NNW of Mill Rings Settlement
Scheduled Date: 29 October 2003
Last Amended: 9 November 2017
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM10532
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Tweeddale West
Traditional County: Peeblesshire
The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn visible as a grass-covered stony mound. Cairns such as this are ritual and funerary monuments dating from the earlier Bronze Age (c. 2000-1500BC).
The monument lies at around 315m OD on a natural rise within the saddle between Trebetha Hill and Brown Hill. The cairn is circular, measuring at least 14m in diameter and stands up to 0.9m in height. There is no obvious sign of quarrying, robbing or other interference to the monument. Traces of broad rig and furrow surround the cairn.
The area to be scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular on plan and measures a maximum of 30m in diameter, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial practices. The apparent lack of disturbance to the cairn means that it may contain intact burial or ritual deposits. It may also preserve environmental evidence such as buried soil surfaces that could give an insight into contemporary landuse.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NT03SE 68.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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