What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Court Cairn, Quarter Fell as Cairn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Court Cairn, Quarter Fell is a Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of the broader tradition of ritual and funerary monuments in the Scottish uplands, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation.
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Places near here
Quarter FellCairn (prehistoric) · 564 yd
Gled KnowesHut Circle (prehistoric)(possible) · 1346 yd
PultadieShieling Hut(s) (post Medieval) · 1.0 mi
LaggangarnFarmstead (period Unassigned), Field System (period Unassigned), Sheepfold(s) (period Unassigned), Structure(s) (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi
Brough HillMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
White BarMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
Knockiebae PlantationForest · 3.1 mi
Caves of KilhernChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 3.3 mi
New Luce, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 3.3 mi
New Luce Memorial HallMemorial · 3.5 mi
Kettle CaldronWaterfall · 4.8 mi
Loch RonaldCastle (medieval)(possible) · 5.5 miOther information
Photo: Leslie Barrie · CC BY-SA 2.0