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Cnoc Bad Asgaraidh is a Neolithic chambered cairn located approximately 570 metres east of Langwell in Caithness, Scotland. The monument belongs to the chambered cairn tradition of northern Scotland, a burial monument type characteristic of the Neolithic period. Such cairns typically comprised stone burial chambers contained within larger mounds of stacked stone, serving as communal sepulchres for Neolithic communities. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland National Record of the Historic Environment database with the reference SM423.
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 approximately 570 metres east of Langwell in Caithness, Scotland. 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 Britain.
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).
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