What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kirkmabreck as Barrow (prehistoric), Pit(s) (period Unassigned), Pit Defined Avenue (prehistoric), Pit Defined Cursus (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 cursus and barrow complex, dating to the 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. It is significant as an example of early ceremonial landscape architecture in southern Scotland.
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Places near here
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DyemillCottage (period Unassigned), Mill (period Unassigned) · 983 yd
Sandhead, Main Street, Sandhead Parish ChurchChurch (20th Century), War Memorial (20th Century) · 1.1 mi
Moorpark PlantationWood · 1.1 mi
McTaggart MemorialMemorial · 1.2 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.4 mi
Sands of Luce Caravan ParkNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.4 mi
Low ArdwellCastle (medieval)(possible) · 1.5 mi
Solide: Sandmill Burn, Luce Sands, Luce Bay, Solway FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 1.6 mi
Barn HillMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Killaser CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.9 miOther information
Photo: Leslie Barrie · CC BY-SA 2.0