
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gourlaw as Cairn (bronze Age), Plaque (bone)(bronze Age), Cinerary Urn(s) (bronze Age), Whetstone (bronze Age). 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.
Bronze Age cairn with associated artifacts including a bone plaque and cinerary urns. It represents a funerary and ritual site indicative of burial practices in early Scottish prehistory.
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Places near here
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Broadmeadows StripForest · 1349 yd
RosslynleeWall (period Unknown) · 1470 yd
Rosewell, Carnethie Street, Rosewell Parish ChurchChurch (19th Century) (1871) · 1532 yd
Roslin CastleCastle (medieval) · 1711 yd
Rosslyn CastleCastle · 1711 yd
Kirkettle Rough StripForest · 1719 yd
Roslin Glen Gunpowder MillVisitor information · 1.1 mi
Roslin, Roslin CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1.2 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0