What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gowkshill as Enclosed Settlement (iron Age)(possible), Round Barrow (neolithic) - (bronze Age)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic round barrow, possibly later reused in the Bronze Age; located in Scotland, it represents early funerary practices and may indicate continuity of site use through prehistoric periods.
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Places near here
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Masterton WoodWood · 611 yd
Lingerwood CollieryColliery (18th Century) · 893 yd
NewtonloanNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 960 yd
Lingerwood FarmFarmstead (19th Century) · 1001 yd
Camp WoodWood · 1117 yd
Gorebridge, Hunterfield Road, Gorebridge Parish Church, Church HallHall (modern) · 1152 yd
National Mining Museum ScotlandMuseum · 1357 yd
Newbyres CastleTower House (medieval) · 1688 yd
Dalhousie CastleCountry House (period Unassigned), Tower House (15th Century) · 1.3 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.7 mi
Gorebridge, Harvieston CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1.7 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0