What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tinto Cairn as Cairn (neolithic) - (bronze Age). 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 cairn, possibly used during the Bronze Age. It represents early funerary or ritual practices in southern Scotland.
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Places near here
Tinto HillMountain / peak · 6 yd
TintoFlanged Axehead (bronze)(period Unassigned), Polished Axehead (stone)(period Unassigned) · 532 yd
Scaut HillCairn (prehistoric), Sheep Shelter (post Medieval) · 1320 yd
Totherin HillMountain / peak · 1597 yd
Fatlips CastleCastle (medieval) · 1697 yd
Wyndales HouseHotel (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Cottage WoodWood · 1.9 mi
Spittle BurnSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi
Brakenhurst StripForest · 1.9 mi
Eastend HouseCountry House (18th Century), Tower House (16th Century) · 1.9 mi
CrossridgeNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.2 mi
Thankerton, Sherifflats RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: Rab McMurdo · CC BY-SA 2.0