
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Callaw Cairn 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.
Callaw Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of the broader network of prehistoric funerary monuments in southern Scotland, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation.
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Places near here
Callaw CairnLinear Earthwork (period Unassigned) · 246 yd
Cowie LawMountain / peak · 744 yd
Callaw MoorMarker Cairn (period Unassigned), Mound(s) (period Unassigned) · 852 yd
Lamb HillMountain / peak · 1241 yd
PeelinickSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 1649 yd
Birkie PlantationWood · 1.3 mi
Yearning HallRuins · 1.4 mi
Waterfall on unnamed tributary of Rennies BurnWaterfall · 1.5 mi
Waterfall on the Rowhope BurnWaterfall · 2.0 mi
Carshope PlantationForest · 2.9 mi
Upper ChattoNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.1 mi
ChesterhouseFarmstead (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 4.3 miOther information
Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0