What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Standard Knowe as Cairn (period Unassigned). 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.
A Neolithic chambered cairn; significant as part of the broader pattern of prehistoric funerary monuments in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
Stanshiel HillCairn (period Unassigned) · 337 yd
Raeshaw FellLinear Earthwork (period Unknown) · 666 yd
Scraesburgh HopeSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 671 yd
StreethouseSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 1139 yd
Broad LawMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Waterfall on unnamed tributary of Rennies BurnWaterfall · 1.4 mi
Whitestone HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Birkie PlantationWood · 2.5 mi
Upper ChattoNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.9 mi
Waterfall on the Rowhope BurnWaterfall · 3.7 mi
Carshope PlantationForest · 3.7 mi
ChesterhouseFarmstead (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 4.6 miOther information
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