What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records East Cairn Hill as Burial Cairn (prehistoric), Cist (prehistoric), Marker Cairn (post Medieval), Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead(s) (flint)(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.
Neolithic burial cairn and cist, dating to the prehistoric period. Its significance lies in the presence of barbed and tanged arrowheads, indicating early Mesolithic or Neolithic activity in the region.
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Places near here
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E Ridge, East Cairn HillAncient tomb or cairn · 1477 yd
Patterns in the heather, Mid HillMountain or hill · 1582 yd
Baad Park BurnEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Wether LawMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Henshaw BurnSheepfold (post Medieval) · 1.6 mi
Buteland HillField Boundary (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Sheepfold (period Unassigned), Turf Bank (period Unassigned) · 2.0 mi
Cairns CastleTower House (medieval) · 2.0 mi
Junker JU-88 Aircraft Crash SiteMemorial · 3.4 mi
Nine Mile Burn, Whitehill CottageNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 3.6 mi
Kip's WoodWood · 3.9 mi