What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Harting Rig as Cairn (prehistoric)(possible), Marker Cairn (post Medieval). 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.
A prehistoric cairn, possibly dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, with a later post-Medieval marker cairn; its significance lies in its potential as a ritual or funerary monument and as a landscape marker.
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Places near here
Harting RigCairn (period Unassigned)(possible) · 449 yd
AuchengillochMountain / peak · 1447 yd
Side HillCairn (period Unassigned) · 1451 yd
Hawkwood HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Auchengilloch MonumentMemorial · 1.3 mi
Logan WaterShieling Hut (post Medieval)(possible) · 2.7 mi
South Halls Farm SteadingFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 2.8 mi
Bankend FarmNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.9 mi
TweediesideCastle (medieval)(possible) · 4.5 mi
Sandford, TweediemillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.6 mi
Spectacle E'e FallsWaterfall · 4.6 mi
Bill Shankly MemorialMemorial · 5.3 miOther information
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