
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Swaites Hill as Burial Cairn (bronze Age), Cist(s) (bronze Age), Rapier (middle Bronze Age), Unidentified Flint(s) (prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (bronze Age) - (iron Age). 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.
Bronze Age burial cairn with associated cists and artifacts, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE. The site is significant for its multiple interments and the presence of a rapier, indicating social stratification or ritual practices of the Middle Bronze Age in Scotland.
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Places near here
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War MemorialMemorial · 1665 yd
EastgateGate Lodge (19th Century) · 1702 yd
ShawhillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Kirk HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Shawhill WoodForest · 1.7 mi
Covington TowerMotte (medieval)(possible), Tower House (medieval) · 1.7 mi
Avenue PlantationWood · 2.0 mi
Covenanter's MonumentMemorial · 2.3 mi
Eastend HouseCountry House (18th Century), Tower House (16th Century) · 2.4 miOther information
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