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Bractullo Muir is a cairn situated on upland moorland in Angus, some 600 metres north-west of Hare Cairn. The monument stands on bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a sequence of sandstones with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone formed during the Pragian period of the Early Devonian. The local geology has provided the raw material for countless generations of builders on this plateau.
Cairns of this type, typically constructed from stone heaped over burials or ritual deposits, are characteristic monuments of Bronze Age Scotland. Their construction reflects the considerable labour investment of upland communities, and their persistence across the landscape marks territories and ancestral connections. The moorland location at Bractullo Muir places it within a wider pattern of prehistoric burial monuments distributed across Angus's upland zones.
The cairn is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's reference SM6632, recognising its significance as evidence of early settlement and ritual practice in the Scottish Highlands. The monument's survival on exposed moorland, despite centuries of agricultural and pastoral land use, underscores the robustness of stone-built funerary structures and their enduring presence in the landscape.
Bractullo Muir, cairn 600m NW of Hare Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6632. View the official record →
Bractullo Muir is a cairn situated on upland moorland in Angus, some 600 metres north-west of Hare Cairn. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6632.
Bractullo Muir, cairn 600m NW of Hare 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 SM6632.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Bride's Ring, dun 250m W of Kingennie House (6.5 km), Carlungie, souterrain 160m WNW of (6.8 km), Laws Hill,broch & fort (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Bractullo Muir, cairn 600m NW of Hare Cairn'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.
Bractullo Muir, cairn 600m NW of Hare Cairn stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.