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Auchenglen Cairn, situated 450 metres south-south-east of Auchenglen in Lanarkshire, is a prehistoric burial monument of Bronze Age date. The cairn survives as a substantial stone mound, representing a funerary structure typical of its period. Such cairns served as communal or individual burial places and are characteristic of the wider cairn-building tradition across upland Scotland during the second and early first millennia BC. The monument's survival in the Lanarkshire landscape provides archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practice in this region.
Auchenglen, cairn 450m SSE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11235. View the official record →
Auchenglen Cairn, situated 450 metres south-south-east of Auchenglen in Lanarkshire, is a prehistoric burial monument of Bronze Age date. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11235.
Auchenglen, cairn 450m SSE 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 SM11235.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hallbar Tower, barmkin (1 km), Eastmore, barrow 390m NNE of (2.3 km), Castle Qua,fort 345m WSW of Mouse Bridge (3.2 km).
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