What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records West Mains as Cairn (bronze Age), Dagger (bronze)(bronze Age). 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.
Bronze Age cairn; its classification as a Dagger type suggests it is a small, single-chambered passage tomb, significant for understanding early funerary practices and burial traditions in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
Bowhouse HillMountain / peak · 1032 yd
Lundie CastleFindspot (period Unassigned), Shot (lead)(period Unassigned) · 1676 yd
BonnytonMan-made underground passage (prehistoric)(possible) · 1746 yd
Bonnyton BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Auchterhouse, Auchterhouse StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 1.1 mi
Palmer WoodWood · 1.6 mi
Auchtertyre HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Ledyatt WoodWood · 2.3 mi
Lundie CraigsCliff · 2.3 mi
Muirhead War MemorialMemorial · 2.6 mi
Birkhill CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 3.5 mi
Gallow HillMountain or hill · 3.7 miOther information
Photo: Douglas Nelson · CC BY-SA 2.0