What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Whitekirk Hill as Cairn (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.
Prehistoric cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of burial and ritual practices in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
Whitekirk HillBurial(s) (post Medieval) · 46 yd
WhitekirkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 420 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 440 yd
Whitekirk BridgeBuilding (19th Century) · 1293 yd
Gildswell WoodWood · 1309 yd
Barebanes WoodWood · 1361 yd
Craig WoodMilestone (19th Century) · 1371 yd
Newbyth, Walled GardenWalled Garden (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
St Baldred's CaveAltar(s) (period Unassigned), Cave (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi
Mary: Peffer Sands, Firth of ForthBrig (19th Century) · 1.7 mi
Auldhame CastleRuins · 1.7 mi
Peffer SandsBeach / strand · 1.8 miOther information
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