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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lord's Tree (Hawick)Country: Scotland County: Scottish Borders Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Hawick
Map Ref: NT48090957
Latitude: 55.377350N Longitude: 2.820734W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Anne T visited on 3rd Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Lord's Tree Cairn, Hawick: We arrived in Hawick, intending to buy a map, but the majority of the shops (apart from the bookmakers, charity shops and 1 café, were closed (looking at the opening times, they largely shut at 2pm on a Saturday. The town seemed deserted apart from a few tourists. We later found out that most local people had gathered near the community centre for the Riding of the Marches.
Relying upon the Trigpointing UK maps (good job there was a phone signal!), we navigated our way through the town (stopping off to look at The Mote on the way), past the golf course and out into the glorious open countryside with the hills beyond.
This cairn appears as a slight bump at the top of a small rise of a hill; it's unmistakably a large, low cairn, and the lush green grass and wild flowers invited a walk through the meadow towards it.
Completely circular, there is a low bank surrounding the cairn. Shame the old Lord's Tree wasn't there. Lovely view down to Ca Knowe Cairn further south.
This is an impressive cairn, recorded as Canmore ID 54109. They describe it as "a much denuded cairn about 33 ft in diameter .... enclosed by an old sod fence. It is said that a tree formerly grew here, though there is no trace of it now".
Border Archaeology adds to the description, saying Lord's Tree Cairn is on the "western side of the road shortly before coming to the Caa Knowe (cairn/monument). Its position is indicated by a raised area in the field. This is probably an ancient burial cairn (about 33 ft in diameter) with an enclosure around it. It may be related to the Caa Knowe cairn, which is nearby. The date that the tree grew in the centre is not known, but it was already an old tradition by the mid-19th century."
To reach the cairn, leave Hawick on the Rosebank Road, driving south past the roundabout at the southern edge of town where Rosebank Road meets Paterson Gardens and Haggis Ha'Brae roads. Continue past the Golf Clubhouse, travel for some 4.5 kms. The cairn is just over 900 metres from Pilsmuir Rig, on the left hand side of the road. A gate at the corner of the field nearest to Pilsmuir Rig gives access into the field, which at the time of our visit was lush grass and wild flower meadow.
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