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Cnoc Bad na Cleithe is a prehistoric cairn located approximately 400 metres west of the southern end of Loch Awe in Sutherland, Scotland. The monument represents funerary or ritual architecture characteristic of Bronze Age construction practices in the northern Scottish Highlands, though the specific dating and archaeological investigation history of this particular site remain limited in the published record. The cairn's survival in the landscape testifies to the distribution of such ceremonial structures across Sutherland during the later prehistoric period.
Cnoc Bad na Cleithe,cairn 400m W of S end of Loch Awe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1807. View the official record →
Cnoc Bad na Cleithe is a prehistoric cairn located approximately 400 metres west of the southern end of Loch Awe in Sutherland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1807.
Cnoc Bad na Cleithe,cairn 400m W of S end of Loch Awe 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 SM1807.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cnoc Bad na Cleithe, chambered cairn, 1,140m N of Ledbeg (0.1 km), Ledbeg, two chambered cairns 675m and 725m WSW of (1.6 km), Ledmore, chambered cairn 900m W of (2.5 km).
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