What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fauldshope Hill, Duke Walter's Cairn as Commemorative Cairn (early 19th Century) (1827). 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.
Commemorative cairn, early 19th century (c. 1827). It marks a relatively recent addition to the landscape, likely erected as a memorial or landmark rather than an ancient funerary or ritual site.
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Places near here
Fauldshope HillQuarry (post Medieval) · 941 yd
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Pernassie HillForest · 1.1 mi
Brockhill WoodWood · 1.3 mi
Newark HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Castle HillSettlement (prehistoric) · 1.4 mi
Black AndrewMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
HowfordFindspot (period Unassigned), Hammerstone (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Newark CastleTower House (medieval) · 2.1 mi
Philiphaugh, SelkirkNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.9 mi