What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Trestle Cairn as Burial Cairn (prehistoric). 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.
Trestle Cairn is a prehistoric burial cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early funerary practices and settlement patterns in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
ThrestleBuilding (post Medieval), Cairn (period Unassigned) · 474 yd
Braid Knowehead PlantationSheepfold (period Unassigned)(possible) · 519 yd
Plea ShankQuarry (period Unassigned) · 526 yd
Wideopen CleuchDyke (period Unassigned) · 784 yd
Upper ChattoNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Townfoot PlantationForest · 1.5 mi
Bloodylaws PlantationForest · 2.1 mi
Hownam KirkNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.6 mi
Whitestone HillMountain / peak · 2.7 mi
ChesterhouseFarmstead (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 2.9 mi
Broad LawMountain / peak · 3.4 mi
Waterfall on unnamed tributary of Rennies BurnWaterfall · 4.1 miOther information
Photo: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0