What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cloburn Quarry as Cairn (period Unassigned), Axehead (stone)(period Unassigned), Bead(s) (jet)(period Unassigned), Beaker (period Unassigned), Button(s) (jet)(period Unassigned), Unidentified Flint(s) (flint)(period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (neolithic) - (bronze. The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic cairn with unassigned artefacts, including a stone axehead, jet beads, a beaker, and jet buttons, indicating ritual or funerary significance. Its association with the Beaker culture suggests a date to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age.
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