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Carn Ban is a cairn situated in Perthshire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The monument stands upon bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, a formation of psammite and pelite dating to the Middle Cambrian period, which provides the local stone resources that would have been available to its builders.
Cairns of this type were constructed during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods as burial monuments and ritual structures. Their construction required the deliberate gathering and stacking of stone, often sourced from the immediate vicinity. The geological composition of Carn Ban's location would have made suitable stone readily available, though the specific dimensions and condition of this particular cairn reflect its individual history of use, decay and survival.
The monument's survival to the present day, despite millennia of exposure to the Scottish Highlands climate and landscape processes, represents an important record of prehistoric funerary and ceremonial practice in Perthshire. Its protected status recognises its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of early settlement and ritual activity in the region.
Carn Ban,cairn,Ardtalnaig is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6238. View the official record →
Carn Ban is a cairn situated in Perthshire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6238.
Carn Ban,cairn,Ardtalnaig 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 SM6238.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Lawers Village, deserted settlement and burial ground 250m NNE of Lawers Pier (1.6 km), Wester Tullich, copper mine & associated remains 700m NE of (1.8 km), Wester Tullich, sulphuric acid works 800m NNE of (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Carn Ban,cairn,Ardtalnaig's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Carn Ban,cairn,Ardtalnaig stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.