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Capo Plantation is a long barrow situated in Kincardineshire, Scotland. This Neolithic monument comprises an earthen mound constructed to cover and contain burials, a characteristic form of communal tomb built across Britain and Ireland between approximately 4000 and 3000 BC. The barrow lies upon bedrock belonging to the Strathmore Group, Emsian sandstone interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone, geology that would have influenced both the construction materials available and the drainage characteristics of the site.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the scheduling reference SM4444, reflecting its importance as a surviving example of Neolithic funerary architecture. Long barrows of this period typically served multiple generations of a community, with successive burials deposited within stone or timber chambers. The Kincardineshire location places Capo Plantation within a region showing evidence of early farming settlement, where such communal tombs represented significant investment in construction and served important ritual functions beyond their practical role as repositories for the dead.
The survival of this earthwork in the Mearns landscape demonstrates the enduring presence of Neolithic settlement patterns in northeast Scotland, where long barrows remain prominent features of the archaeological record.
Capo Plantation, long barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4444. View the official record →
Capo Plantation is a long barrow situated in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4444.
Capo Plantation, long barrow 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 SM4444.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kincraig,enclosure and ring ditch 300m E of (7.6 km), Arrat's Mill, barrows 535m NE of (7.7 km), Balbirnie Mill,enclosure 300m ENE of (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Capo Plantation, long barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Capo Plantation, long barrow stands on Strathmore Group, bedrock that formed in the Emsian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.