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Penmanshiel 1

Cairn(s) (prehistoric), Scraper (tool) (flint)(prehistoric)

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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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