What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Russell's Cairn on Windy Gyle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as an example of early prehistoric funerary architecture in the region.
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Places near here
Windy GyleCairn (period Unassigned) · 512 yd
Windy RigCairn (period Unassigned) · 721 yd
Waterfall on the Rowhope BurnWaterfall · 1692 yd
Pudding LawTrack (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Loft HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Hazely LawMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Waterfall on the Usway BurnWaterfall · 1.6 mi
KelsocleughFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi
Carshope PlantationForest · 2.8 mi
Wedder Leap Picnic AreaPicnic place · 3.1 mi
Birkie PlantationWood · 3.2 mi
Cheviot viewed from near St Cuthbert's CaveCave or cavern · 4.7 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0