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Carleith is a Bronze Age cairn located west of Carden in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a mound of stones typical of funerary structures from the Bronze Age period, when such cairns served as burial monuments for individuals of status within their communities. The site is recorded within the national heritage database and remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and burial practice in the Perthshire landscape. Like many cairns of this period, it reflects the significant labour investment that Bronze Age societies devoted to commemorating their dead.
Carleith,cairn W of Carden is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3384. View the official record →
Carleith is a Bronze Age cairn located west of Carden in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3384.
Carleith,cairn W of Carden 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 SM3384.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Parks of Aldie, settlement, enclosures and cultivation remains W of (0.8 km), Cult Hill, fort 460m NNE of North Cult (2.7 km), Outh Hill, buildings and field system 275m NE of Lethans Muir Lodge (3.8 km).
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