What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairn Knap as Cairn (early Bronze Age), Cist (early Bronze Age). 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.
Cairn Knap is an early Bronze Age cairn and cist burial monument. It represents a significant example of prehistoric funerary architecture in Scotland.
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