What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balmesh as Cairn (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A prehistoric cairn; likely dates to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age and represents a burial or ritual monument typical of that period in Scotland.
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Places near here
CraigenhollyCremation (bronze Age)(possible), Findspot (19th Century) (1878), Food Vessel (bronze Age) · 297 yd
Camrie BurnBuilding(s) (period Unassigned) · 349 yd
St Katherine's Well, GlenluceHoly Well (medieval) · 500 yd
Glenluce Abbey, Abbey HouseMonastic Dwelling (18th Century) · 591 yd
Glenluce, Glenjorrie CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1.1 mi
Glenluce CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 1.2 mi
Bareagle WoodForest · 1.7 mi
Dunragit HouseCastle (medieval)(possible), Country House (18th Century) · 2.4 mi
Fox WoodWood · 2.4 mi
Kettle CaldronWaterfall · 2.5 mi
Caves of KilhernChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 3.3 mi
Sinniness CastleCastle (medieval) · 4.1 miOther information
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