What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnorrie as Cairn (period Unassigned), Arrowhead(s) (flint)(period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(s) (period Unassigned). 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.
A Neolithic cairn, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, associated with burial and ritual practices; its finds suggest a connection to funerary urns and flint tools typical of the period.
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