What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Trestle Cairn as Quarry (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.
Trestle Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn, typically dating to the 4th to 3rd millennia BCE. It is significant as an example of early communal burial and ritual practices in the Scottish Neolithic.
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Places near here
Trestle CairnBurial Cairn (prehistoric) · 118 yd
ThrestleBuilding (post Medieval), Cairn (period Unassigned) · 405 yd
Braid Knowehead PlantationSheepfold (period Unassigned)(possible) · 447 yd
Plea ShankQuarry (period Unassigned) · 552 yd
Upper ChattoNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Townfoot PlantationForest · 1.4 mi
Bloodylaws PlantationForest · 2.1 mi
Hownam KirkNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.6 mi
Whitestone HillMountain / peak · 2.8 mi
ChesterhouseFarmstead (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 2.9 mi
Broad LawMountain / peak · 3.4 mi
Waterfall on unnamed tributary of Rennies BurnWaterfall · 4.1 mi