
What is recorded here
Bellshiel Long Cairn is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Neolithic long cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–3000 BCE). It is significant as a rare and well-preserved example of a long cairn in the region, reflecting early communal burial practices and megalithic construction in Atlantic Europe.
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Places near here
Bellshiel Law long cairnScheduled monument · 16 yd
Bellshiel Law north of the Long CairnAncient burial place · 411 yd
Waterfall at FeatherwoodWaterfall · 1.6 mi
Waterfall on Sills BurnWaterfall · 1.6 mi
Rose CottageListed building · 2.0 mi
High Rochester Roman FortListed building · 2.0 mi
Tod LawWood · 2.4 mi
St Francis ChurchVisitor information · 2.7 mi
The Last Black House of CatcleughMuseum · 4.1 mi
Fiddlers WoodWood · 4.4 mi
Thirl MoorMountain / peak · 4.5 mi
Hungry LawMountain / peak · 5.1 miOther information
Photo: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0