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Hillhead Plantation

Clearance Cairn(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval), Long Cairn (neolithic)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hillhead Plantation as Clearance Cairn(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval), Long Cairn (neolithic). 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.
Neolithic long cairn and medieval clearance cairns; the long cairn represents an early ritual or funerary monument, while the clearance cairns reflect later agricultural activity.

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