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<< Text Pages >> Piper's Grave Cists - Cist in Scotland in Scottish Borders

Submitted by Modern-Neolithic on Saturday, 22 June 2013  Page Views: 4121

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Piper's Grave Cists
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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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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NT7237 : Piper's Grave west of Ednam by Neil Theasby
by Neil Theasby
©2013(licence)
NT7237 : Stone burial slab at Piper's Grave, Ednam by Neil Theasby
by Neil Theasby
©2013(licence)
NT7237 : The Piper's Grave at Ednam by Walter Baxter
by Walter Baxter
©2010(licence)
NT7237 : Tree lined course of Eden Water by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
©2016(licence)
NT7337 : Road to Ednam by Jim Barton
by Jim Barton
©2014(licence)

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