
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Reelig, the Giant's Grave as Chambered Cairn (neolithic)(possible), Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead (flint)(neolithic). 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.
Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. Its significance lies in its association with early ceremonial or funerary practices in the Neolithic period, and the presence of a barbed and tanged flint arrowhead indicates contemporary tool use.
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Places near here
Reelig HouseHouse (18th Century) · 94 yd
Easter MoniackCairn (prehistoric) · 429 yd
Moniack BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 635 yd
Moniack CastleCup Marked Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 787 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 2.9 mi
CulmillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.4 mi
DunmoreNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 3.6 mi
Càrn a' BhodaichMountain / peak · 3.9 mi
Kilmorack, West Parish Church, GraveyardCemetery (20th Century) · 4.0 mi
Gallowhill WoodForest · 4.2 mi
Drumindorsair WoodWood · 4.5 mi
Kilcoy CastleTower House (17th Century) · 4.8 miOther information
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