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Cnoc Freiceadain is a Neolithic long cairn located in Caithness, northern Scotland, dating to the Neolithic period. The monument consists of a substantial earthen or stone mound constructed in the characteristic elongated form typical of Neolithic funerary monuments in northern Britain. Long cairns of this type served as communal burial places and represent important evidence of early agricultural settlement and social organisation in the region during the fourth and third millennia BC. The site is recognised as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation system.
Cnoc Freiceadain,long cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90078. View the official record →
Cnoc Freiceadain is a Neolithic long cairn located in Caithness, northern Scotland, dating to the Neolithic period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90078.
Cnoc Freiceadain,long cairns dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a long cairns. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cnoc Freiceadain,long cairns 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 SM90078.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carn Liath, cairn, Shurrery (7.6 km), Shurrery Kirk,standing stone 270m S of (7.8 km), Tota an Dranndain, broch, Shurrery (7.8 km).
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