What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Harehope as Cairn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Harehope is a Neolithic cairn, typically dating to the 4th to 3rd millennia BCE. Such cairns are significant as early funerary or ceremonial monuments, reflecting the burial practices and social organisation of prehistoric communities in Scotland.
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Places near here
Harehope BurnEnclosure (post Medieval) · 275 yd
Nether StewartonFindspot (period Unassigned), Leaf Arrowhead (neolithic) · 327 yd
Hog KnoweMountain / peak · 865 yd
Loch PotsQuarry (post Medieval) · 1665 yd
Black MeldonQuarry (post Medieval) · 1687 yd
Harehope HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Muir PlantationForest · 1.7 mi
Standalane WoodForest · 2.0 mi
The Great Polish Map of ScotlandHeritage attraction · 2.2 mi
Black BaronyHotel (20th Century), Tower House (16th Century) · 2.3 mi
Eddleston, Bellfield RoadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.5 mi
Venlaw CastleCastle · 2.9 mi