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Achanarras Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately 800 metres northwest of Achanarras in Caithness, northern Scotland. The cairn consists of a substantial mound of stone that would have originally served as a burial structure, typical of prehistoric Scottish monuments from the third to second millennium BC. Such cairns in Caithness form part of the wider tradition of monumental burial practices evident across the northern Highlands during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland register under the designation SM2400.
Achanarras,cairn 800m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2400. View the official record →
Achanarras Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately 800 metres northwest of Achanarras in Caithness, northern Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2400.
Achanarras,cairn 800m NW 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 SM2400.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cnoc Donn, broch 600m ESE of Dale Farm, Halkirk (2.5 km), Dale Farm,broch 800m SE of (2.7 km), Ballone,broch 360m NE of,Spittal (3.4 km).
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