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Broughtonknowe is a Bronze Age barrow cemetery comprising three burial mounds located in Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders. The site represents a characteristic funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period, when such cairns and barrows served as prominent communal or elite burial markers within the landscape. The three barrows, situated approximately 230 metres south-east of Broughtonknowe, collectively form evidence of sustained ritual use and settlement patterns in the Upper Tweed valley during prehistory. The monument is recorded within the Scottish Historic Environment Record and remains significant as a surviving example of Bronze Age mortuary practice in the Scottish Borders region.
Broughtonknowe,three barrows 230m SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2922. View the official record →
Broughtonknowe is a Bronze Age barrow cemetery comprising three burial mounds located in Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2922.
Broughtonknowe,three barrows 230m SE of 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 SM2922.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Worm Hill,cairn (8.6 km), Hopecarton, enclosure 410m SSW of (9.1 km), Easter Stanhope,homestead 780m NW of (9.2 km).
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