What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Nether Wellwood as Burial Cairn (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.
Prehistoric burial cairn; likely dates to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of prehistoric funerary practices in the Scottish landscape.
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Places near here
BogheadBuilding (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 1059 yd
Upper TarriochFarmstead (post Medieval) · 1122 yd
River AyrLithic Implement (stone)(period Unassigned) · 1242 yd
Marchouse HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
WellwoodBurial Cairn (bronze Age), Cist (bronze Age)(possible), Cinerary Urn (bronze Age)(possible) · 1.3 mi
Muirkirk Covenanters MemorialMemorial · 2.5 mi
Replica of Tibbies BrigMemorial · 2.5 mi
Nether WhitehaughBuilding(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 2.6 mi
Site of Macadam's TarworksVisitor information · 3.1 mi
Site of Springhill HouseVisitor information · 3.1 mi
Hawk HillMountain / peak · 3.1 mi
Murdoch's CaveCave · 3.9 miOther information
Photo: Rab McMurdo · CC BY-SA 2.0