What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Testle Cairn as Quarry(s) (period Unassigned). 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.
Testle Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to the late fourth to third millennium BCE. It is significant as an example of early communal burial and ritual practice in the Scottish prehistoric landscape.
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Places near here
Trestle CairnBurial Cairn (prehistoric) · 245 yd
ThrestleBuilding (post Medieval), Cairn (period Unassigned) · 355 yd
Braid Knowehead PlantationSheepfold (period Unassigned)(possible) · 400 yd
Plea ShankQuarry (period Unassigned) · 427 yd
Townfoot PlantationForest · 1.4 mi
Bloodylaws PlantationForest · 2.0 mi
Hownam KirkNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.5 mi
Whitestone HillMountain / peak · 2.8 mi
ChesterhouseFarmstead (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 2.8 mi
Deanbrae LawMountain / peak · 3.4 mi
Waterfall on unnamed tributary of Rennies BurnWaterfall · 4.2 mi
Waterfall on the Rowhope BurnWaterfall · 5.7 mi