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Bharpa is a Neolithic long cairn located approximately 1390 metres east of Carinish Inn on the Isle of North Uist in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents a form of communal burial architecture typical of early farming communities in northern Britain. Long cairns of this type served as substantial stone structures for collective interment and formed important focal points in the landscape of Neolithic settlements. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under the INSPIRE reference SM891 and remains a significant example of prehistoric funerary practice in the Hebridean islands.
Bharpa, long cairn 1390m E of Carinish Inn, North Uist is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM891. View the official record →
Bharpa is a Neolithic long cairn located approximately 1390 metres east of Carinish Inn on the Isle of North Uist in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM891.
Bharpa, long cairn 1390m E of Carinish Inn, North Uist dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a long cairn 1390m e of carinish inn, north uist. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Bharpa, long cairn 1390m E of Carinish Inn, North Uist 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 SM891.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carinish, stone circle S of Loch na Boganaich, North Uist (0.5 km), Dun Ban,dun,Loch Caravat (0.8 km), Beinn na Coille, dun 400m W of, North Uist (1.2 km).
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