What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnwell as Cairnfield (prehistoric), Field Boundary(s) (prehistoric), Hut Circle (prehistoric). 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.
Cairnwell is a prehistoric cairnfield associated with hut circles and field boundaries, dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. It represents evidence of early agricultural and domestic activity in the landscape.
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Places near here
CairnwellRing Cairn (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 455 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4551820.jpg?width=1280)
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AuchleeFarmstead (post Medieval) · 1111 yd
SunnysideFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1201 yd
Portlethen War MemorialMemorial · 1.2 mi
NewlandsNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Cammachmore BayBay · 1.8 mi
East CrossleyNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.0 mi
CraigmaroinnIslet · 2.1 mi
Earnsheugh BayBay · 2.5 mi
Oldman WoodForest · 3.1 mi
Cookney War MemorialMemorial · 3.1 mi