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Air Cleuch is a cairn situated 1300 metres south of Glengeith in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock of the Shinnel and Glenlee Formations, undifferentiated wacke deposits laid down during the Ashgill period, which give rise to the rolling moorland terrain characteristic of this upland region. The underlying geology has shaped the landscape into which this prehistoric funerary monument was constructed.
Cairns of this type, built as burial monuments across the Scottish uplands, typically date to the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. They were constructed by piling stones, often collected from the surrounding hillside, to mark the resting places of the dead and create permanent landmarks visible across the moorland.
Air Cleuch is protected under the Historic Environment Scotland designation SM4641, recognising its importance as part of the archaeological record of Lanarkshire's early populations. The monument survives as a physical connection to the prehistoric communities who inhabited these uplands, preserving evidence of funerary practices and settlement patterns across the passage of millennia.
Air Cleuch,cairns 1300m S of Glengeith is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4641. View the official record →
Air Cleuch is a cairn situated 1300 metres south of Glengeith in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4641.
Air Cleuch,cairns 1300m S of Glengeith 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 SM4641.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crookedstane,platform settlement 1300m W of (0.4 km), Crooked Stone, standing stone 160m N of Crookedstane (1.3 km), Glengeith, settlement, bastle house and field system (1.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Air Cleuch,cairns 1300m S of Glengeith's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Air Cleuch,cairns 1300m S of Glengeith stands on Shinnel Formation And Glenlee Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is wacke.