What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balmakewan as Square Barrow(s) (iron Age). 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.
Iron Age square barrow; a type of burial monument associated with the early Iron Age in southern Scotland. Its significance lies in its contribution to understanding burial practices and social structures of the period.
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Places near here
BalmakewanRig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 878 yd
Luther BridgeRectilinear Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 994 yd
North Water Bridge, TollhouseToll House (post Medieval) · 1366 yd
Pert ChurchRuins · 1660 yd
Marykirk, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1695 yd
Muir of PertForest · 1.6 mi
Logie Pert War MemorialMemorial · 2.0 mi
Hill of StracathroMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Pitgarvie WoodForest · 2.5 mi
Dalhousie ArchHeritage attraction · 4.1 mi
East PitforthieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.2 mi
Hill of GarvockMountain / peak · 4.3 mi