What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hillock of Garth as Burial Cairn (later Prehistoric). 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.
Burial cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2500–800 BCE). Such cairns were commonly used for single or multiple burials and sometimes incorporated earlier megalithic structures, reflecting evolving funerary practices in later prehistoric Scotland.
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