What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tupknowes Cairn as Cairn (post Medieval). 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.
Tupknowes Cairn is a post-Medieval cairn, likely constructed as a field boundary or memorial feature. Its significance lies in reflecting later historic land use and funerary practices in the Scottish landscape.
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Places near here
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WhinrigQuarry Pit(s) (post Medieval) · 897 yd
Daring StepClearance Cairn (post Medieval) · 1060 yd
WrunklawFarmstead (post Medieval), Promontory Fort (later Prehistoric) · 1106 yd
Manse WoodForest · 1264 yd
LongformacusTower House (medieval) · 1291 yd
Watch Water ReservoirFarmstead (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 1.0 mi
Meg's PlantationWood · 1.5 mi
Black HillMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Southern Upland Way (Section C - Lauder to Cockburnspath)Walking route · 3.1 mi
Lees HillMountain / peak · 4.6 mi
Westruther, Edgar RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 5.2 miOther information
Photo: Lisa Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0