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Henderston Hill

Cairn (period Unknown)
Henderston Hill
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Henderston Hill as Cairn (period Unknown). 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.
Henderston Hill is a Neolithic cairn, typically dating to the 4th to 3rd millennia BCE. Such cairns are significant as they represent early communal burial and ritual practices in Scottish prehistory.

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