
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairn O' Mount as Cairn (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A prehistoric cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, Cairn O' Mount is significant as a surviving example of funerary or ritual monuments in the Scottish landscape. Its precise location indicates it was carefully recorded for archaeological and historical reference.
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Places near here
Cairn O' MountBoundary Stone (19th Century) · 91 yd
Cairn O'Mount ViewpointViewpoint · 236 yd
Cairn O' Mount ViewViewpoint · 253 yd
Thorter HillBoundary Stone (19th Century) · 890 yd
KircramMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
WhitelawsMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
KnowegreensFarmstead (post Medieval) · 1.3 mi
Slack BurnShieling Hut (post Medieval)(possible) · 1.5 mi
Spitalbank PlantationForest · 2.6 mi
Hill WoodForest · 2.6 mi
CraigmostonVessel (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 3.3 mi
Kincardine CastleCastle (13th Century) · 3.7 miOther information
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