What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gallows Knowe, Lintrathen as Cairn (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.
Gallows Knowe is a prehistoric cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Such cairns are significant as they provide insight into early burial practices and settlement patterns in rural Scotland.
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Places near here
Gallow KnoweMountain / peak · 5 yd
Purgavie FarmFindspot (20th Century), Fastening (iron Age) · 167 yd
KinnairdFindspot (period Unassigned), Saddle Quern (period Unassigned) · 669 yd
LintrathenSchoolhouse (19th Century) · 863 yd
Lintrathen BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 927 yd
Lintrathen War MemorialMemorial · 988 yd
Loch of Lintrathen Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1407 yd
Lochcraigs WoodForest · 1437 yd
West SchurrochMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Peel FarmNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.8 mi
Peel of LintrathenCastle (medieval)(possible) · 1.8 mi
Reekie Linn FallsViewpoint · 2.4 mi