Select - Belgium Denmark Eire France Germany Greece Italy The Netherlands Norway Portugal Republic of Malta Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom

Scotland

Scottish Borders Bombie 2 © pebblewolf See individual sites for details News (3) Links (1) 0 discussions Start a topic Show  |  Hide Web searches for Scottish Borders Flickr Google Google Images Stone Pages Wikipedia

- Add - - Add news Add an image Add fieldnotes Add folklore Add miscellaneous Add a link - Add a site Add a nearby facility Add an alternative name/spelling

News

Add news

Detectorist 'shaking with happiness' after Bronze Age find A metal detectorist was left "shaking with happiness" after discovering a hoard of Bronze Age artefacts in the Scottish Borders. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-53714864 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 10th August 2020ce

Bronze Age Discovery - Finest in Scottish Borders Experts from the National Museum are rushing to the Borders after a rare piece of treasure was unearthed near Yetholm. Local historians are already describing the find as one of the most important ever in the south of Scotland. And if their early calculations are right – the object may be a 3,000 year-old mirror... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by fitzcoraldo 8th April 2004ce Edited 20th July 2006ce

New Survey of Upper Tweed Valley Sites Peebleshire News The archaeological survey of the Upper Tweed Valley has finally been completed by the Biggar Museum Trust... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 26th March 2004ce Edited 26th March 2004ce

Links

Add a link

Stewartry Archaeological Trust ; The Newbarns Project Excavations of Colvend crannog now believed built on kerb cairn Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by wideford 6th March 2004ce Edited 6th March 2004ce

Cademuir Hill (Hillfort) — News

Country diary: Iron age speed bumps to slow the enemy About a hundred stones, sticking up, jagged and angular, pointing in different directions, earthfast still after more than 2,000 years.’ More info : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/12/country-diary-iron-age-speed-bumps-to-slow-the-enemy Comments (10)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 14th April 2023ce

Tinnis Hill Summit (Cairn(s)) — Images (click to view fullsize)

Posted by markj99 11th April 2023ce

Tinnis Hill Summit (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes

Visited 26.05.12 Tinnis Hill Summit Cairn is located c. 4.25 miles ENE of Langholm. The round cairn lies 0.25 miles E of the Scottish Borders/Dumfries and Galloway border. There is an oval grass mound on the summit of Tinnis Hill. There are low remains of a stone wall enclosure at the base of the mound. On the N & S Axis the wall is c. 40 yards from the summit and c. 25 yards from the summit on the E-W Axis. The cairn was constructed on the centre of the mound. It has been greatly reduced over the centuries to a low grassy mound measuring c. 20 yards in diameter and 2 feet high, according to Canmore ID 67879. A trig point has been erected on the E edge of the cairn. A horseshoe-shaped stone shelter up to c. 4 feet high surrounds the trig point on the N,S & W Arcs. When visiting this isolated site it is worthwile extending your route 1 mile S to visit Windy Edge Long Cairn and Windy Edge Stone Circle sites in Dumfries and Galloway. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by markj99 11th April 2023ce

Eildon Hills — News

Archaeologists dig into Eildon hillfort's secrets Some of the country's leading archaeologists have spent the week on top of one of the south of Scotland's most iconic hills. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-61258228 Comments (1)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 2nd May 2022ce