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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Piper's Grave CistsCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.451 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Scottish Borders Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Kelso Nearest Village: Ednam
Map Ref: NT72923739
Latitude: 55.629320N Longitude: 2.431641W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Cist in Scottish Borders
Three stone cists were found in a small hill just north of the road leading to Ednam. It was noted that one of the cists contained an urn, and so it seems likely that these remains date from the Bronze Age.
Most of the flat stone slabs that formed the cists have been removed. Only one remains at the top of the knoll, near the hollow formed by the excavated area. This slab is of local freestone and measures 7ft 2in long, 4ft 10in high, and 10in thick. It has been placed upright and the knoll is now known as the Piper's Grave.
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