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Berries Burn is a medieval cairn located 800 metres north-north-west of Castle Crawford Farm in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock composed of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, undifferentiated sandstone and wacke deposited during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician. This geology, typical of the Southern Uplands, provides a foundation of hard metamorphic rock that would have influenced both the construction of the cairn and the settlement patterns of the medieval landscape surrounding it.
The cairn represents a burial or ceremonial monument of the medieval period, constructed in an upland location characteristic of the Lanarkshire moorlands. Such monuments served important functions in marking territorial boundaries, commemorating notable individuals, or signifying land claims during the late medieval centuries.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4487, ensuring its preservation and restricting unauthorised disturbance. The cairn forms part of the archaeological heritage of medieval Lanarkshire, contributing to understanding of settlement and burial practices in the region during this period.
Berries Burn,cairn 800m NNW of Castle Crawford Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4487. View the official record →
Berries Burn is a medieval cairn located 800 metres north-north-west of Castle Crawford Farm in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4487.
Berries Burn,cairn 800m NNW of Castle Crawford Farm dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a cairn 800m nnw of castle crawford farm. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Berries Burn,cairn 800m NNW of Castle Crawford Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM4487.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glengeith, settlement, bastle house and field system (5.3 km), Bodsberry Hill,fort (5.4 km), Bodsberry Hill to Little Clyde,Roman road (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Berries Burn,cairn 800m NNW of Castle Crawford Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Berries Burn,cairn 800m NNW of Castle Crawford Farm stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.