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Cnoc Bad Asgaraidh is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Caithness in the Scottish Highlands, situated 570 metres east of Langwell. The monument stands on bedrock of Lower Old Red Sandstone, a conglomerate deposit formed during the Early Devonian period, which shapes the underlying geology of this part of northern Scotland. The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland and is recorded under reference SM423.
Chambered cairns of this type were constructed during the Neolithic period, typically between 4000 and 3000 BCE, serving as communal burial monuments for prehistoric communities. These structures combined stone chambers with earth and rubble mounds, reflecting the considerable labour investment and social organisation of early agricultural societies in Scotland. The Caithness region contains numerous examples of such monuments, testament to sustained Neolithic settlement in these northern territories.
The specific character of Cnoc Bad Asgaraidh is shaped by its local landscape setting and the native sandstone geology. The monument represents an important record of Neolithic funerary practice and settlement patterns in Caithness, contributing to understanding of early human activity in the far north of Britain during the prehistoric period.
Cnoc Bad Asgaraidh, chambered cairn 570m E of, Langwell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM423. View the official record →
Cnoc Bad Asgaraidh is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Caithness in the Scottish Highlands, situated 570 metres east of Langwell. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM423.
Cnoc Bad Asgaraidh, chambered cairn 570m E of, Langwell dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn 570m e of, langwell. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cnoc Bad Asgaraidh, chambered cairn 570m E of, Langwell 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 SM423.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Turnal Rock, hut circle complex 250m NW of Langwell Tulloch broch. (0.6 km), Langwell Tulloch, broch 400m SE of Turnal Rock (0.6 km), Tulloch Turnal, broch 500m WNW of Turnal Rock, Langwell (0.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cnoc Bad Asgaraidh, chambered cairn 570m E of, Langwell'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.
Cnoc Bad Asgaraidh, chambered cairn 570m E of, Langwell stands on Lower Old Red Sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.