What is recorded here
Harestanes, Castlecraig is a findspot in the Scottish Borders where polished stone axeheads appeared, though no human date or named event is recorded. The axes suggest people chipped, cut or shaped the land before written memory, while the exact crag remains unnamed in the saved fact. They may have been tools, gifts or discarded fragments of a lost workshop.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Harestanes, Castlecraig as Findspot (period Unassigned), Polished Axehead(s) (stone)(period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
Old HarestanesRing Ditch(s) (period Unassigned) · 327 yd
Bryland BurnCottage (post Medieval) · 361 yd
KirkdeanLinear Feature (period Unassigned) · 382 yd
Netherurd, the Whalebone ArchArch (post Medieval) · 419 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1302 yd
Sandy HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Southhill WoodForest · 1.2 mi
Wether LawMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Kiln HillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
BroughtonknoweNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.0 mi
High House of EdmonstonTower House (medieval) · 3.3 mi
Duck Pond PlantationWood · 3.7 mi