What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Trestle Cairn as Standing Stone(s) (prehistoric)(possible). 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 standing stone or cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early ceremonial or funerary landscapes in Scotland.
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Places near here
ThrestleBuilding (post Medieval), Cairn (period Unassigned) · 290 yd
Trestle CairnBurial Cairn (prehistoric) · 318 yd
Braid Knowehead PlantationSheepfold (period Unassigned)(possible) · 443 yd
Plea ShankQuarry (period Unassigned) · 505 yd
Townfoot PlantationForest · 1.3 mi
Bloodylaws PlantationForest · 2.0 mi
Hownam KirkNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.5 mi
ChesterhouseFarmstead (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 2.8 mi
Whitestone HillMountain / peak · 2.8 mi
Deanbrae LawMountain / peak · 3.4 mi
Waterfall on unnamed tributary of Rennies BurnWaterfall · 4.2 mi
Waterfall on the Rowhope BurnWaterfall · 5.7 mi