What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Penmanshiel 1 as Cairn(s) (prehistoric), Scraper (tool) (flint)(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.
Neolithic cairn, dating to the early to middle first millennium BCE. Its significance lies in its association with prehistoric funerary practices and the presence of a flint scraper, indicating tool use during the burial or construction phase.
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Places near here
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Penmanshiel TunnelRailway Tunnel (19th Century) · 297 yd
Penmanshiel WoodFindspot (early 19th Century) (1830), Cinerary Urn (bronze Age) · 327 yd
Bowshiel WoodWood · 650 yd
BlackburnrigMountain / peak · 1460 yd
Gowel WoodForest · 1565 yd
BowshielTower House (medieval) · 1607 yd
GrantshouseMilepost (20th Century) · 1.1 mi
PenmanshielCottage(s) (post Medieval), Well (period Unknown) · 399 yd
Blackburn HouseHouse (post Medieval) · 1146 yd
Winding CairnBurial Cairn (later Prehistoric) · 1.2 mi