What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnhowit as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). 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.
Chambered cairn, Neolithic period. It represents a significant type of early prehistoric funerary monument used for communal burial and ritual practices in Neolithic Scotland.
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Places near here
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Maidens PapsBurial Cairn (prehistoric)(possible), Natural Feature (period Unassigned) · 771 yd
Jaw ReservoirBunker (second World War), Decoy Site (second World War) · 874 yd
Grey Mare's Tail WaterfallWaterfall · 970 yd
Birny HillsMountain / peak · 1049 yd
Auchenduich WoodForest · 1600 yd
Kilmannan ReservoirReservoir (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
TomibegMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Hardgate, Cochno RoadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi
LawMotte (medieval)(possible), Tower House (medieval) · 2.0 mi
Golden Hill ParkNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.1 mi
Duntocher, Great Western Road, North Dalnottar CemeteryAnti Aircraft Battery (second World War) · 2.2 mi