What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dabshead as Commemorative Stone (19th Century) - (20th Century), Standing Stone (prehistoric). 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.
Dabshead is likely a prehistoric standing stone, possibly dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, and may have served as a territorial marker, ceremonial site, or astronomical alignment point. Local folklore or specific cultural use has not been widely recorded.
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Places near here
Dabshead HillMountain / peak · 3 yd
Dabshead FortArchaeological place · 15 yd
EarnscleuchVillage (medieval) · 707 yd
Burn CastleBastle (medieval) · 899 yd
Earnscleuch WaterEnclosure(s) (period Unassigned) · 1024 yd
Edgarhope WoodForest · 1209 yd
Lylestone HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Black StripForest · 1.3 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.4 mi
Flat Cat GalleryGallery · 2.5 mi
Lauder, Crofts RoadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.5 mi
Lauder, Stow RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.8 mi