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Latitude: 56.0622 / 56°3'44"N
Longitude: -2.794 / 2°47'38"W
OS Eastings: 350659
OS Northings: 685773
OS Grid: NT506857
Mapcode National: GBR 2R.Q280
Mapcode Global: WH7TC.1WTH
Entry Name: White Knowe,cairn,Archerfield
Scheduled Date: 8 November 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5796
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: ring cairn
Location: Dirleton
County: East Lothian
Electoral Ward: North Berwick Coastal
Traditional County: East Lothian
The monument is a round burial cairn of the Bronze Age. The cairn measures 18m in diameter by 1.5m in height. It is situated in an area rich in chance finds of the prehistoric period, but is a rare class of monument in this area.
The scheduled area measures 50m in diameter, to include the burial cairn and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its construction or use may survive, and is marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential contribution to our understanding of prehistoric burial practices and the information which could be provided on the material culture of the builders of the cairn. Beneath the cairn an area of undisturbed prehistoric ground surface may remain, which would provide evidence of land use prior to the building of the cairn. The cairn is of particular importance because although it is in an area rich in prehistoric sites, it is an uncommon class of monument in this area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NT58NW 37.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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