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Carnan Beag is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on the Isle of Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides, Ross-shire, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents the funerary practices of early farming communities in the Scottish islands. The cairn consists of a stone mound constructed over an internal chamber or chambers, typical of the chambered cairn tradition that flourished in northern Britain during the fourth and third millennia BC. Such monuments served as communal burial structures and remain important archaeological evidence for understanding settlement, social organisation, and belief systems in Neolithic Scotland.
Carnan Beag, chambered cairn 350m SSW of, Hacklete, Great Bernera is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8652. View the official record →
Carnan Beag is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on the Isle of Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides, Ross-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8652.
Carnan Beag, chambered cairn 350m SSW of, Hacklete, Great Bernera dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn 350m ssw of, hacklete, great bernera. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Carnan Beag, chambered cairn 350m SSW of, Hacklete, Great Bernera 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 SM8652.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera (1.5 km), Tursachan, Barraglom, Beàrnaraigh / Standing Stones, Barraglom, Great Bernera (2 km), Dun Barraglom,broch,cup marked rocks,fish traps and settlement (2.3 km).
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