What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Red Burn, Cairn as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Such cairns are significant as they represent early communal burial and ritual practices in Scotland.
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Places near here
Red BurnFarmstead (period Unassigned)(possible) · 224 yd
Edderton HillCruck Framed Cottage (post Medieval) · 477 yd
Edderton MainsCastle (medieval)(possible), Fort (period Unknown)(possible), House (post Medieval) · 1275 yd
EddertonSalt Works (period Unassigned) · 1405 yd
Cnoc an t-SabhailMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Ness of PortnaculterMidden (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Morangie ForestForest · 1.4 mi
Tarlogie ScalpsBeach / strand · 1.4 mi
Balblair DistilleryHeritage attraction · 1.9 mi
Ardjachie PointHeadland · 2.0 mi
Dornoch FirthBay · 2.2 mi
Easter Lamington WoodForest · 3.2 mi