Part of a group of cairns standing on Windy Gyle Hill beside an ancient drove road into Scotland called 'The Street' and south of an extensive series of earthworks on the Scottish side of the border. Russell's Cairn is a very large cairn traditionally connected with the death of Lord Russell slain there in July 1585 by the Scots. It is a large pile of stones 7ft high and 45ft diameter. (1)

Scheduled. (2)

Damage caused by stone removal and redistribution within the cairn is a noted problem at the cairn. This includes that of the main cairn itself and smaller walker's cairns created in the immediate area of the archaeological cairn. (3)

(NT 85531521) Russell's Cairn (NR) (4a)

Russell's Cairn, on the summit of Windy Gyle (2034 O D ) may well be of Bronze Age date; it is circular, 55 ft in diameter by 8 ft in height and is almost intact apart from a reduction and levelling of the top to form a base for a modern extension. It shows no sign of internal construction. (See Illustration Card.) Its name comes from Lord Russell who met his death "at a day of truce held at Cocklaw" in 1585. It is doubtful if this was the scene of the murder and the attribution may be relatively recent. (4b-c)

Russel's Cairn is as described. (4d)

No change. Resurveyed at 10,000 (4e)

NT 856 152; NT 862 155; NT 850 153. Russell's cairn and two adjacent cairns on Windy Gyle, Kidland. Scheduled No ND/164. (4f)