What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Borrowston as Cairn (period Unassigned). 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.
Borrowston is a Neolithic cairn, typically dating to the 4th to 3rd millennia BCE. Such cairns are significant as early funerary or ceremonial monuments, reflecting the burial practices and social organisation of prehistoric communities in Scotland.
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Places near here
BorrowstonStone Row (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 100 yd
Lewis, Carloway, Pier and StorehousesPier (period Unassigned), Storehouse(s) (period Unassigned) · 608 yd
Dun CarlowayField System (medieval) - (18th Century) · 655 yd
Dùn Chàrlabhaigh, BrochHeritage attraction · 1323 yd
Lewis, Dun CarlowayBlackhouse (post Medieval) · 1368 yd
Dun Carloway Broche Visitor CentreVisitor information · 1469 yd
Aird LaimisiadairHeritage attraction · 1.0 mi
War memorial, CarlowayHeritage place · 1.1 mi
Carloway War MemorialMemorial · 1.1 mi
Gearrannan - Blackhouses on the hillMountain or hill · 1.2 mi
Loch GareninBay · 1.2 mi
CraigeamIslet · 1.3 mi