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Walkerburn Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument situated 500 metres south of the summit of Cairn Hill in Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders. The cairn lies on bedrock of the Gala Group, a formation of hard wacke stone laid down in the Telychian period of the Silurian era, which gives the surrounding landscape its characteristic steep, rocky character typical of the Moorfoot Hills.
The cairn represents a form of monumental burial practice that dates to the Bronze Age, when communities across Scotland erected heaps of stone to mark the graves of their dead. Such cairns often contained cremated remains deposited in urns or cists, and sometimes accumulated multiple burials over generations. The construction of cairns required considerable communal effort and served as permanent territorial markers visible across the moorland landscape.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled ancient monument under reference SM2763. Like many upland cairns, its survival has been aided by its location on open moorland, where later agricultural development and urban growth have not disturbed it. The site remains an important record of Bronze Age funerary practices in the Scottish Borders.
Walkerburn, cairn 500m S of summit of Cairn Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2763. View the official record →
Walkerburn Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument situated 500 metres south of the summit of Cairn Hill in Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2763.
Walkerburn, cairn 500m S of summit of Cairn Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM2763.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric settlement, 170m SW of West Bold Cottages (1.8 km), Plora Tower, tower house, garden terraces and associated structures, 335m SW of West Bold Farm Cottages (1.9 km), Pirn Wood,fort (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Walkerburn, cairn 500m S of summit of Cairn Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Walkerburn, cairn 500m S of summit of Cairn Hill stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.