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Carrachan Dubh is a Neolithic chambered cairn located 320 metres west-north-west of Glenbain in Sutherland, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents the funerary and ritual architecture characteristic of prehistoric Scottish communities. Like other chambered cairns of this era, it would have functioned as a communal burial monument, serving multiple interments across an extended period. The site is recorded within the Historic Environment Scotland database under the reference SM1774.
Carrachan Dubh, chambered cairn 320m WNW of Glenbain is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1774. View the official record →
Carrachan Dubh is a Neolithic chambered cairn located 320 metres west-north-west of Glenbain in Sutherland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1774.
Carrachan Dubh, chambered cairn 320m WNW of Glenbain dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn 320m wnw of glenbain. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Carrachan Dubh, chambered cairn 320m WNW of Glenbain 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 SM1774.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Inchnadamph Parish Churchyard and MacLeod Vault (1.2 km), Inchnadamph, enclosure to SW of Parish Church (1.2 km), Creag Sron Chrubaidh, cairn 1km SSW of Inchnadamph Hotel (1.6 km).
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