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Lady's Folly, Penmanshiel

Barrow (prehistoric)(possible), Cairn (prehistoric)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lady's Folly, Penmanshiel as Barrow (prehistoric)(possible), Cairn (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A prehistoric cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, associated with funerary or ritual practices common in southern Scotland. Its classification as a possible barrow suggests it may represent an early form of burial mound.

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