What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Waterhead as Cairn(s) (prehistoric), Cist(s) (prehistoric), Cinerary Urn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic cairn and cist burial site, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early burial practices and funerary rites in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
AuchrobertBurial Cairn (prehistoric) · 379 yd
ReddochbraesFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 797 yd
LupusCairn(s) (prehistoric)(possible) · 1.0 mi
Black HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
StarbirnsFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
WhitesideNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
Lesmahagow, AbbeygreenNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.0 mi
Nutberry HillMountain / peak · 3.1 mi
Loch WoodForest · 3.6 mi
Auchengilloch MonumentMemorial · 3.7 mi
TweediesideCastle (medieval)(possible) · 4.0 mi
Spectacle E'e FallsWaterfall · 4.8 miOther information
Photo: Gordon Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0