What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Slewcairn as 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.
A Neolithic hut circle, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, representing early settled agricultural life in prehistoric Scotland. Its significance lies in providing evidence of domestic architecture and subsistence patterns during the transition to farming.
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Places near here
Mid BurnClearance Cairn(s) (period Unassigned), Head Dyke (post Medieval), Hut Circle(s) (prehistoric) · 371 yd
Meikle Hard HillMountain / peak · 1541 yd
Bail FellMountain / peak · 1552 yd
Boreland of SouthwickField System (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Boreland BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
RyesFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Ryes PlantationForest · 1.4 mi
Wildcat WoodForest · 2.0 mi
Drumburn ViewpointViewpoint · 3.1 mi
Needle's EyeNatural arch · 3.4 mi
New Abbey Corn MillMuseum · 3.6 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 3.7 mi