
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnknowe as Building (period Unassigned). 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.
Cairnknowe is a Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to the late fourth to third millennium BCE. It is significant as an example of early communal burial and ritual practice in southern Scotland.
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Places near here
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CrossdykesFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
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Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0