What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnsmore of Fleet as Cairn (period Unassigned). 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.
Cairnsmore of Fleet is a Neolithic chambered cairn dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a broader network of early prehistoric monuments in southern Scotland, reflecting complex funerary and ritual practices of the period.
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Places near here
Louran BurnShieling Hut(s) (post Medieval)(possible) · 1.2 mi
Graddoch BurnSheepfold(s) (period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(s) (post Medieval)(possible) · 1.2 mi
Blairbuies HillEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Knee of CairnsmoreFodder Store(s) (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
Crammery HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
CraignelderMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Bardrochwood MoorForest · 1.8 mi
Byre WoodWood · 2.5 mi
Buck LoupWaterfall · 3.2 mi
Kirroughtree Visitor CentreVisitor information · 3.3 mi
Grey Mare's TailWaterfall · 3.5 mi
Cairnsmore of Fleet NNR Visitor CentreVisitor information · 3.9 miOther information
Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0