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Craignarget, cairn 800m ENE of, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wigtownshire, south-western Scotland. The cairn represents the burial practices and ceremonial landscape characteristic of the Bronze Age period in south-west Scotland. Such monuments were typically constructed as burial mounds incorporating stone and earth, serving as lasting markers of individual or communal interment sites within the landscape. The survival of this cairn provides evidence for prehistoric settlement patterns and the ritual practices of Bronze Age communities in the region.
Craignarget, cairn 800m ENE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1921. View the official record →
Craignarget, cairn 800m ENE of, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wigtownshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1921.
Craignarget, cairn 800m ENE 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 SM1921.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Garheugh,cairn 1050m NW of (0.6 km), Cairn Buy,cairn 720m NW of Garheugh (0.9 km), High Gillespie,long cairn 475m SSE of (1.2 km).
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