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Brynalen cairn, located 550 metres south-south-east of Brynalen in Argyllshire, is a prehistoric burial monument typical of the Bronze Age cairn traditions found throughout the Scottish Highlands. The monument consists of a circular or sub-circular mound of stones constructed over a burial deposit, reflecting the funerary practices of early metalworking communities in the region during the second millennium BCE. Such cairns served as prominent landscape markers for burial sites and are commonly found in upland areas of Argyll, indicating patterns of settlement and land use in Bronze Age Scotland. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Record under the Scheduled Monument designation SM5147.
Brynalen,cairn 550m SSE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5147. View the official record →
Brynalen cairn, located 550 metres south-south-east of Brynalen in Argyllshire, is a prehistoric burial monument typical of the Bronze Age cairn traditions found throughout the Scottish Highlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5147.
Brynalen,cairn 550m SSE 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 SM5147.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barr Mor,cairn (1.2 km), Barr Mor,cist 450m SE of Achinduin (1.2 km), Kilcheran,dun 450m SSW of (1.3 km).
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