What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Blacknowes as Square Barrow (iron Age)(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.
Iron Age square barrow; likely a funerary monument dating to between 800 BCE and 100 CE. Its form is characteristic of ceremonial or burial sites in lowland Scotland, reflecting early Celtic funerary practices.
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