What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Craw's Cairn, Penmanshiel as Burial Cairn (prehistoric), Cinerary Urn (prehistoric). 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.
Craw's Cairn, Penmanshiel is a prehistoric burial cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its association with funerary practices and the presence of a cinerary urn, indicating cremation rituals typical of the period.
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Places near here
PenmanshielCottage(s) (post Medieval), Well (period Unknown) · 376 yd
Penmanshiel WoodFindspot (early 19th Century) (1830), Cinerary Urn (bronze Age) · 718 yd
Pease BurnBuilding(s) (post Medieval) · 826 yd
Winding CairnBurial Cairn (later Prehistoric) · 1374 yd
Bowshiel WoodWood · 1418 yd
Gowel WoodForest · 1.1 mi
BowshielTower House (medieval) · 1.2 mi
BlackburnrigMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Battle of Piperdeanbattle · 1.6 mi
Penmanshiel TunnelRailway Tunnel (19th Century) · 892 yd
GrantshouseCup and Ring Marked Stone (prehistoric), Findspot (20th Century) (1910) · 1564 yd
Penmanshiel MoorCairn (prehistoric) · 1.0 mi