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Calvertsholm Cottages, cairn 320m NNW of is a Bronze Age burial cairn situated in Dumfriesshire, south-western Scotland. The monument stands on Triassic bedrock composed of sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded geological formations that date to the Triassic period. This underlying geology, typical of the region's ancient landscape, would have been visible to those who constructed the cairn during the Bronze Age, when burial mounds were among the principal funerary monuments of northern Britain.
The cairn's proximity to Calvertsholm Cottages provides its modern geographical reference point, though the monument itself predates any settlement at this location by thousands of years. Cairns of this type served as enduring markers of burial sites and held significant ritual and territorial importance within Bronze Age communities.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM11950, recognising its archaeological and cultural significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practice in the Borders region.
Calvertsholm Cottages, cairn 320m NNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11950. View the official record →
Calvertsholm Cottages, cairn 320m NNW of is a Bronze Age burial cairn situated in Dumfriesshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11950.
Calvertsholm Cottages, cairn 320m 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 SM11950.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eastriggs former munitions factory, glycerine distillery and acids production area, gun-cotton section and nitro-glycerine hill, 600m SSW, 700m SE and 2050m ESE of Rosslea (4.8 km), Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Havens (8.2 km), Hadrian's Wall between Port Carlisle and Bowness-on-Solway in wall miles 78 and 79 (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Calvertsholm Cottages, cairn 320m NNW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Calvertsholm Cottages, cairn 320m NNW of stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.