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Craggie Cottage is a post-medieval settlement comprising cairns and a field system located in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The site lies on bedrock formed from a Silurian felsic igneous intrusion, geology that shaped both the settlement's landscape and its building materials. The hard igneous rock would have provided stone for construction and field clearance, typical of highland settlement strategies in this period.
The settlement cairns represent the physical remains of structures and cleared agricultural land characteristic of post-medieval highland communities. Field systems associated with the site reflect organised pastoral and arable management of the surrounding terrain, demonstrating how settlers adapted to the challenging upland environment. The arrangement of cairns and fields across this location illustrates the relationship between domestic occupation and land use that sustained rural communities in the Scottish Highlands.
Craggie Cottage is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM4712. The site preserves evidence of early modern highland settlement patterns and land management practices that predate modern agricultural improvement, offering insight into the material culture and territorial organisation of post-medieval rural Scotland.
Craggie Cottage, settlement cairns and field system 600m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4712. View the official record →
Craggie Cottage is a post-medieval settlement comprising cairns and a field system located in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4712.
Craggie Cottage, settlement cairns and field system 600m SW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a settlement cairns and field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Craggie Cottage, settlement cairns and field system 600m SW of 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 SM4712.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mid Craggie, cairn 90m E of (1 km), Braeval Farm, cupmarks 260m NNW of (1.5 km), Dun Davie,fort (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Craggie Cottage, settlement cairns and field system 600m SW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Craggie Cottage, settlement cairns and field system 600m SW of stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.