What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Whare Burn as Cairnfield(s) (prehistoric). 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.
A Neolithic cairnfield; likely dates to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). Such cairnfields are significant as they represent early land use and ritual practices in the Scottish prehistoric landscape.
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Places near here
Shanno BraesWhinstone Quarry (post Medieval) · 187 yd
Whiteburn BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 891 yd
Blakerstone MoorField Boundary (period Unknown) · 904 yd
Shannabank HillFort (later Prehistoric), House Platform (later Prehistoric), Roundhouse (later Prehistoric)(possible), Settlement (late Iron Age) · 1059 yd
Moor PlantationForest · 1.1 mi
Ellerburn WoodForest · 1.5 mi
BlackburnrigMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
BowshielTower House (medieval) · 3.2 mi
BrockholesNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.4 mi
Southern Upland Way (Section C - Lauder to Cockburnspath)Walking route · 3.5 mi
Saltheugh RockCliff · 4.9 mi
Southern Upland WayVisitor information · 5.0 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0