What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairn Avel as Long Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic long cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–2500 BCE). It represents a significant type of communal burial monument, reflecting early agricultural settlement and social organisation in Scotland.
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Places near here
Cairn Avel Long CairnArchaeological place · 12 yd
Carsphairn ChurchyardBurial Ground (post Medieval), Churchyard (post Medieval), Covenanters Grave(s) (17th Century) - (18th Century) · 834 yd
Carsphairn Parish ChurchChurch (19th Century) (1815), War Memorial(s) (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 856 yd
Carsphairn Heritage CentreMuseum · 1012 yd
Carsphairn, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 1217 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1218 yd
cairnMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
old bridgeHeritage attraction · 1.3 mi
Craig of KnockgrayMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
CastlemaddyHunting Lodge (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi
Shiel of CastlemaddyBothy (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi
Robert McLellan Watson memorial stoneMemorial · 3.8 miOther information
Photo: Rab McMurdo · CC BY-SA 2.0