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Cairnderry is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland, dating to the fourth millennium BCE. The monument comprises a stone-built burial chamber set within a cairn structure, representing a characteristic form of communal funerary architecture from the Neolithic period in Scotland. Such chambered cairns served as repositories for multiple burials and functioned as significant ceremonial and territorial markers within early farming communities. The site contributes to the archaeological evidence of Neolithic settlement and ritual practice in the south-west of Scotland during the early development of agriculture in Britain.
Cairnderry, chambered cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1007. View the official record →
Cairnderry is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland, dating to the fourth millennium BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1007.
Cairnderry, chambered cairn dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cairnderry, chambered 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 SM1007.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Corrafeckloch,hut circle and field system 1150m SE of (2.2 km), Cairn Kinna, two cairns 960m ESE of Corrafeckloch (2.3 km), White Cairn,cairn 910m NNE of Bargrennan Cottage (2.8 km).
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