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Latitude: 55.9465 / 55°56'47"N
Longitude: -3.5736 / 3°34'24"W
OS Eastings: 301821
OS Northings: 673721
OS Grid: NT018737
Mapcode National: GBR 1T.Y748
Mapcode Global: WH5R9.2SKQ
Entry Name: Broomy Knowes, cairn S of
Scheduled Date: 19 June 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6208
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Linlithgow
County: West Lothian
Electoral Ward: Linlithgow
Traditional County: West Lothian
The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn of Later Neolithic or Bronze Age date, surviving as a grassed-over, stony mound.
The cairn lies slightly to the S of one of the unnamed summits of the Riccarton Hills at around 250m OD. It survives as a grassy mound some 11.5m in diameter with several large stones clearly visible on the surface. Several of these appear to represent kerbstones in their original positions while others are slightly displaced.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the cairn and an area around it in which traces of associated ritual activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 30m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to add to our understanding of Later Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary practice. The area around the cairn may also be expected to contain evidence relating to contemporary and later ritual practice.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NT 07 SW 4.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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