What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnsmore of Fleet as Flanged Axehead (bronze)(period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic flanged axehead; significant as an indicator of early Bronze Age tool technology and trade networks in southern Scotland.
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Places near here
Graddoch BurnSheepfold(s) (period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(s) (post Medieval)(possible) · 1335 yd
Crammery HillMountain / peak · 1375 yd
Bardrochwood MoorForest · 1644 yd
Cairnsmore BurnFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Blairbuies HillEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Cairnsmore FarmCairn (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Byre WoodWood · 1.5 mi
Kirroughtree Visitor CentreVisitor information · 2.5 mi
CraignelderMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
Larg TowerCastle (medieval) · 3.5 mi
Buck LoupWaterfall · 3.8 mi
Grey Mare's TailWaterfall · 4.1 miOther information
Photo: Andy Farrington · CC BY-SA 2.0