What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skelbo Wood as Long Cairn (neolithic)(possible). 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.
Neolithic long cairn, likely dating to the 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early burial and ritual practices in the Neolithic landscape of Scotland.
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Places near here
Skelbo MuirTownship (period Unassigned) · 443 yd
Skelbo Wood BrochArchaeological place · 501 yd
TrenthamFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 786 yd
Skelbo CastleCastle (14th Century), House (17th Century), Motte and Bailey (medieval) · 1198 yd
Fourpenny PlantationForest · 1.1 mi
TamiangCairn (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Proncy CastleCastle (medieval), Motte (medieval) · 1.4 mi
LittleferryCinerary Urn (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Little FerryNo Class (event) (21st Century) (2007) · 1.4 mi
Embo BeachBeach / strand · 1.9 mi
Battle of Skibo and Strathfleetbattle · 2.1 mi
Cnoc OdharMountain / peak · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0