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Broadhill End is a cairn located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, a burial monument belonging to the Bronze Age or early Iron Age tradition of stone heap construction. The monument stands upon bedrock of the Kirkcolm Formation, a wacke deposited during the Caradocian period, which has provided the local stone used in its construction. This geological foundation of hard, fine-grained sandstone is typical of the moorland and upland terrain of South Lanarkshire.
The cairn represents a form of funerary architecture common across Scotland during the second and first millennia BC, when communities built such monuments to mark burial sites and commemorate the dead. The wacke stone of the underlying bedrock would have been readily available for gathering and stacking, making it a practical choice for this location.
Broadhill End is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4297, ensuring its preservation as an important element of the area's Bronze Age heritage and archaeological record. The monument contributes to our understanding of funerary practices and settlement patterns in Lanarkshire during prehistoric times.
Broadhill End,cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4297. View the official record →
Broadhill End is a cairn located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, a burial monument belonging to the Bronze Age or early Iron Age tradition of stone heap construction. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4297.
Broadhill End,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 SM4297.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Normangill Rig,cairn 1000m S of Normangill (8.1 km), Cairn 655m NE of Midlock (8.1 km), Normangill Rig,platform settlement E of Midlock (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Broadhill End,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.
Broadhill End,cairn stands on Kirkcolm Formation, bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.