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Latitude: 55.7964 / 55°47'47"N
Longitude: -3.5017 / 3°30'6"W
OS Eastings: 305951
OS Northings: 656920
OS Grid: NT059569
Mapcode National: GBR 31ZD.PZ
Mapcode Global: WH5S3.5KSS
Entry Name: Crosswood, cairn 750m SE of
Scheduled Date: 10 February 2005
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM11245
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: West Calder
County: West Lothian
Electoral Ward: East Livingston and East Calder
Traditional County: Midlothian
The monument is a cairn of prehistoric date, visible as a turf-covered mound, lying in rough pasture at 302m OD.
The cairn measures c. 8m in diameter and is c. 0.5m high. It has been reduced in size in the past through stone robbing. Cairns of this type are funerary monuments dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, and may be expected to contain burials and other material relating to their mode of construction and use.
The area to be scheduled is a circle of diameter 20m centred on the centre of the cairn, to include the cairn and an area around in which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as NT05NE13.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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