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Hedderwick

Cist (neolithic), Axehead(s) (neolithic), Bullet(s) (lead)(post Medieval), Mace (neolithic), Spindle Whorl(s) (neolithic), Unidentified Flint(s) (flint)(neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (pottery)(medieval), Whetstone(s)
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hedderwick as Cist (neolithic), Axehead(s) (neolithic), Bullet(s) (lead)(post Medieval), Mace (neolithic), Spindle Whorl(s) (neolithic), Unidentified Flint(s) (flint)(neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (pottery)(medieval), Whetstone(s). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic cist tomb, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, containing grave goods such as mace heads, axeheads, spindle whorls, and flint, indicating ritual burial practices and social status in early Scottish communities.

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