What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Oakenknowes as Cairn (period Unassigned). 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.
Oakenknowes is a Neolithic cairn, typically dating to the earlier part of the first millennium BCE. Such cairns are significant as they represent early funerary and ritual practices in the Scottish landscape.
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Places near here
OakenknowesCairn (period Unassigned)(possible) · 435 yd
WeetyfootFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
WhitehillCairnfield (period Unassigned), Hut Circle (prehistoric), Lynchet(s) (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Knock HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
KnockFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
Lurg HillMountain / peak · 2.4 mi
Grange War MemorialMemorial · 2.9 mi
DaughCastle (period Unknown)(possible), Chapel (period Unknown)(possible), Farmhouse (post Medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval) · 3.7 mi
Balloch WoodForest · 4.0 mi
Mains of SkeithBarn (period Unassigned), Castle (medieval), Cottage (period Unassigned), Stable (period Unassigned), Threshing Mill (19th Century) · 4.3 mi
Culvie War MemorialMemorial · 4.8 mi
Spur WoodWood · 5.0 mi