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Broomy Knowes, cairn S of, is a Bronze Age burial cairn located in Linlithgowshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a stone cairn typical of burial practices during the Bronze Age period, when such structures served as enduring markers of elite or communal burial sites across Scotland. The cairn's survival to the present day, despite the passage of millennia, attests to the substantial construction methods employed in its creation. Its location within Linlithgowshire places it within a broader landscape of prehistoric funerary monuments that characterise the archaeology of central Scotland during this formative period of human settlement.
Broomy Knowes, cairn S of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6208. View the official record →
Broomy Knowes, cairn S of, is a Bronze Age burial cairn located in Linlithgowshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6208.
Broomy Knowes, cairn S of 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 SM6208.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Craigmailing,cross slab 550m NW of (2.9 km), Windywa's Silvermine, silvermine 300m SW of Wester Tartraven (3.6 km), Cairnpapple Hill, prehistoric ceremonial complex (3.7 km).
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