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Dryburgh, Bass Hill

Cist(S) (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned), Axehead (Stone)

Site Name Dryburgh, Bass Hill

Classification Cist(S) (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned), Axehead (Stone)

Canmore ID 55660

Site Number NT53SE 5

NGR NT 5884 3212

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Mertoun
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
  • Former County Berwickshire

Archaeology Notes

NT53SE 5 5884 3212

For statue/monument 'The Temple of the Muse' see NT53SE 183

(NT 5884 3208) Bass Hill (NAT) Stone Cists & Stone Axe found (NAT)

OS 6" map (1967)

Bass Hill: A natural mound. 'Druidical remains' have been found here.

Name Book 1857

Numerous interments of human bodies were found, all of them regularly placed, and many of them in Gaelic sarcophagi of four pieces of thin stone. In 1812 was found on the Bass a stone hatchet, among ashes. The site was probably a Bronze Age burial site.

D Erskine 1828

A natural mound with an artificial mound on top. To the W and S the artificial mound is indistinguishable from the natural steep slope towards the river. A modern construction called 'The Temple of the Muse' (SDD Listed: B) in memory of the poet Thomson, is built on top of this artificial mound, which was probably erected to form a base for it.

Visited by OS (JLD) 22 February 1961

Grid reference given falls in the River tweed.

Architecture Notes

NT53SE 5 58844 32163

For Statue for Temple of the Muses - J and T Smith, 1812 see NT53SE 183

Activities

Sbc Note (15 April 2016)

Visibility: Standing structure or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

Sbc Note (21 March 2016)

Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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