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Cairnfield, cairn 290m NNW of, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Fife, Scotland. The site represents the burial practices of prehistoric communities in eastern Scotland during the second millennium BCE. As a cairn, it would have been constructed from stone heaped over an inhumed or cremated burial, serving both as a functional tomb and a prominent territorial marker in the landscape. The monument survives as part of the broader archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in the Fife region.
Cairnfield, cairn 290m NNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM789. View the official record →
Cairnfield, cairn 290m NNW of, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Fife, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM789.
Cairnfield, cairn 290m NNW 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 SM789.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glenorkie, barrows 300m SSE of (3.9 km), Forthar Cottage, enclosure 200m W of (4.3 km), Nether Drums, fort 300m NW of (5.5 km).
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