What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Biggar Common as Cairn(s) (period Unassigned), Axehead(s) (stone)(period Unassigned), Lithic Implement(s) (flint)(period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic cairn and associated stone and flint tools; significant as an indicator of early settlement and funerary practices in southern Scotland.
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Places near here
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Biggar CommonCairn (period Unassigned), Dagger (flint)(period Unassigned), Flake(s) (chert)(period Unassigned), Polished Axehead(s) (stone)(period Unassigned), Unidentified Flint (flint)(period Unassigned) · 964 yd
CormistonBuilding (period Unassigned) · 979 yd
AnniestonBarbed and Tanged Arrowhead (period Unassigned), Flake(s) (period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (neolithic) · 1028 yd
NethertonCountry House (20th Century) · 1.2 mi
Temple AvenueWood · 1.3 mi
Huntfield HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Thankerton, Boat FarmNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Covenanter's MonumentMemorial · 1.4 mi
Thankerton, Sherifflats RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.7 mi
Broadlees StripForest · 1.8 mi
Covington TowerMotte (medieval)(possible), Tower House (medieval) · 1.9 mi