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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Places near here
Penmanshiel MoorCairn (prehistoric) · 689 yd
Greenside HillRoad (post Medieval) · 809 yd
PenmanshielEnclosed Settlement (later Prehistoric)(possible) · 894 yd
Piperdean BurnBuilding (post Medieval) · 1156 yd
Bowshiel WoodWood · 1.4 mi
BowshielTower House (medieval) · 1.5 mi
Gowel WoodForest · 1.8 mi
BlackburnrigMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Pease SandsBeach / strand · 1.9 mi
Pease BayBay · 1.9 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.6 mi