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Cairns on Knock Hill

Scheduled monument
Cairns on Knock Hill
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The National Heritage List for England records Cairns on Knock Hill as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3500 BCE). It is significant as part of a broader pattern of burial and ritual practices in the British Isles during the transition to farming.

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