What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Slewcairn as Long Cairn (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 long cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–2500 BCE). It represents a type of communal burial monument significant for understanding early agricultural and social structures in Scotland.
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Places near here
Mid BurnClearance Cairn(s) (period Unassigned), Head Dyke (post Medieval), Hut Circle(s) (prehistoric) · 750 yd
Ryes PlantationFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1230 yd
Boreland of SouthwickField System (period Unassigned) · 1757 yd
Boreland BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Meikle Hard HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Bail FellMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Wildcat WoodForest · 2.1 mi
Bareness WoodForest · 2.2 mi
Needle's EyeNatural arch · 3.3 mi
Drumburn ViewpointViewpoint · 3.5 mi
Backburn waterfallWaterfall · 3.6 mi
Lot's WifeNamed rock · 3.6 mi