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Achany, cairn 890m NW of is a Bronze Age cairn located in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. The monument consists of a rubble mound typical of cairn construction from the Bronze Age period, when such structures served primarily as burial monuments or ceremonial sites. This cairn forms part of the wider archaeological landscape of Sutherland, a region rich in prehistoric funerary remains that document settlement and burial practices in northern Scotland during the second millennium BCE. The site is recorded in the national heritage database under the designation HES INSPIRE SM1758.
Achany, cairn 890m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1758. View the official record →
Achany, cairn 890m NW of is a Bronze Age cairn located in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1758.
Achany, cairn 890m 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 SM1758.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Achany,chambered cairn 250m NE of (0.8 km), Druim Baile Fuir, stone circle, cairns, hut circles and enclosure (0.8 km), Achany Glen, settlement 900m to 1850m S of Lairg Station (1.2 km).
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