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Logan Knowes

Cairn(s) (period Unassigned)
Logan Knowes
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Logan Knowes as Cairn(s) (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Logan Knowes is significant as one of the earliest known monumental structures in southern Scotland, representing early communal burial and ritual practices.

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