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Broadford Bay is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated on the Isle of Skye in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument lies 35 metres north-east of Eirigh na Greine, positioned on bedrock of the Lias Group formed during the Aalenian period, comprising mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone. The underlying geology would have influenced both the construction and preservation of this ancient burial monument.
Chambered cairns of this type date to the Neolithic period and served as collective burial structures, their stone chambers protected by substantial cairn mounds. The Lias Group bedrock provides a setting characteristic of the Hebridean landscape, where such monuments are found scattered across multiple islands. The local stone resources available from the surrounding geology would have been utilised in the cairn's construction.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM13724, recognising its importance as a scheduled monument. Like other chambered cairns in the region, this structure represents evidence of early farming communities and their funerary practices in the Scottish islands during the Neolithic period. Its precise position relative to Eirigh na Greine forms part of the local archaeological landscape of Broadford Bay.
Broadford Bay, chambered cairn 35m NE of Eirigh na Greine is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13724. View the official record →
Broadford Bay is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated on the Isle of Skye in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13724.
Broadford Bay, chambered cairn 35m NE of Eirigh na Greine dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn 35m ne of eirigh na greine. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Broadford Bay, chambered cairn 35m NE of Eirigh na Greine 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 SM13724.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Corry, cairns 820m NE of, Isle of Skye. (1.3 km), Cill Chriosd,church and burial ground (3.9 km), Ashaig, remains of church and burial ground, shell midden and Tobar Aiseig well (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Broadford Bay, chambered cairn 35m NE of Eirigh na Greine's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Broadford Bay, chambered cairn 35m NE of Eirigh na Greine stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.