What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mains of Southwick as Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age)(possible), Axehead (jadeite)(period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(s) (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Probably dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the Mains of Southwick stone circle may have been used for ritual or ceremonial purposes, while the jadeite axehead suggests trade or symbolic status in the prehistoric community.
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Places near here
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Southwick House, StablesStable(s) (19th Century) · 195 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 314 yd
Southwick, the BroughMotte (medieval) · 708 yd
Southwick WaterRig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 803 yd
Bareness WoodForest · 1094 yd
Wildcat WoodForest · 1258 yd
Millbank HillMountain / peak · 1483 yd
Needle's EyeNatural arch · 1.1 mi
Redbank HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Lot's WifeNamed rock · 1.5 mi
Backburn waterfallWaterfall · 1.5 mi