<< Text Pages >> Hawksnest (Langshaw) - Ring Cairn in Scotland in Scottish Borders
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hawksnest (Langshaw)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.659 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Scottish Borders Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Melrose Nearest Village: Langshaw
Map Ref: NT499403
Latitude: 55.653633N Longitude: 2.797741W
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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Ring Cairn in Scottish Borders
This cup and ring marked stone is recorded as Canmore ID 54516. An entry from 1956 says: "NT 499 403. A cup marked boulder measuring 3ft 10ins in length by 3ft 8ins in width and 1ft 8ins in thickness was found in 1936 in a cultivated field half a mile SE of Hawksnest and 75 yds N of the road from Hawksnest to Ladhopemoor. The stone, lying prone and plough-scarred, bears 23 shallow cup marks on its upper surface, varying from 1in to 1 3/4in diameter." This was updated in 1969, recording: "This stone was found by Morris, who locates it to a spot 100yds NE of the road, 100yds NW of a wall. He notes, 'at least four cups up to 1 3/4 ins diameter, much weathered'."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also feature a page for this site - see their entry for Hawksnest, Langshaw, Melrose, Roxburghshire, which gives a brief archaeology & history.
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