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Crosswood, cairn 750m SE of, is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Midlothian, Scotland. The cairn represents Bronze Age burial practice, a period when such stone-built structures served as communal or individual repositories for the dead across the Scottish landscape. The monument's survival into the modern period contributes to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in the Lowlands, though detailed records of any excavation or structural investigation of this specific example remain limited in the accessible archaeological literature.
Crosswood, cairn 750m SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11245. View the official record →
Crosswood, cairn 750m SE of, is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Midlothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11245.
Crosswood, cairn 750m 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 SM11245.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burngrange,long cairn 800m N of (7.9 km), Dunsyre Hill,cairn (8 km), Dunsyre Hill,field systems (8.1 km).
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