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Cairn Ban is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in the South Wood of Lenihuline on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents the funerary architecture characteristic of early farming communities in western Scotland during the fourth and third millennia before the present. As a chambered cairn, the structure would have incorporated an internal stone-built chamber, likely designed to facilitate multiple burials and communal deposition of the dead. The site is recorded in the national archaeological record under the designation HES INSPIRE SM5593.
Cairn Ban,chambered cairn,South Wood of Lenihuline is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5593. View the official record →
Cairn Ban is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in the South Wood of Lenihuline on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5593.
Cairn Ban,chambered cairn,South Wood of Lenihuline dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn,south wood of lenihuline. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cairn Ban,chambered cairn,South Wood of Lenihuline 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 SM5593.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glecknabae,chambered cairn (1.1 km), St Michael's Grave,chambered tomb,Kilmichael (1.5 km), Glenvoidean Hill,chambered cairn 420m SE of Kilmichael (1.6 km).
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