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Ballachulish Pier, Appin-murder memorial cairn is a nineteenth-century commemorative monument located in Argyllshire, Scotland, erected in memory of the Appin Murder of 1752. The cairn stands on bedrock composed of a mafic igneous intrusion of Late Silurian to Early Devonian age, part of the substantial volcanic geology underlying the Appin peninsula.
The monument belongs to a tradition of public memorials that emerged during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when significant historical events were marked with stone cairns to preserve their memory in the landscape. This cairn commemorates one of the most notorious incidents in Scottish Highland history, which became embedded in local tradition and later in national consciousness through literary and historical accounts.
The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM113, recognising its historical importance as a tangible link to a pivotal moment in Appin's past. Its position at Ballachulish Pier reflects the memorial's connection to a place of strategic and social significance within the local community, anchoring historical memory to the distinctive landscape of Argyllshire.
Ballachulish Pier,Appin-murder memorial cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM113. View the official record →
Ballachulish Pier, Appin-murder memorial cairn is a nineteenth-century commemorative monument located in Argyllshire, Scotland, erected in memory of the Appin Murder of 1752. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM113.
Ballachulish Pier,Appin-murder memorial cairn 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 SM113.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ballachulish Home Farm, burial mound SW of Ballachulish Hotel (1.8 km), Rubha Mor, cairn, North Ballachulish (2.1 km), North Ballachulish, prehistoric ritual site NNE of Hotel (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Ballachulish Pier,Appin-murder memorial cairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Ballachulish Pier,Appin-murder memorial cairn stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.