© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic Environment Scotland
Creebridge Cairn, 400 metres east of Creebridge in Kirkcudbrightshire, is a Bronze Age burial monument constructed on bedrock of the Gala Group, a formation of wacke laid down during the Telychian period of the Silurian era. The wacke's relatively soft, weathered character would have presented accessible stone for the cairn's builders, though its friable nature means the monument may have experienced considerable degradation over millennia.
The cairn sits within the Southern Uplands landscape of south-west Scotland, a region containing numerous burial monuments from the early metal-working period. Such cairns typically covered individual or collective burials, often accompanied by pottery and metalwork. The precise original dimensions and construction method of Creebridge Cairn are now difficult to ascertain without modern archaeological survey, as the monument has been subject to the erosive processes affecting upland sites across three thousand years.
The cairn is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM1017, recognising its archaeological significance as a record of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement in the region.
Creebridge, cairn 400m E of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1017. View the official record →
Creebridge Cairn, 400 metres east of Creebridge in Kirkcudbrightshire, is a Bronze Age burial monument constructed on bedrock of the Gala Group, a formation of wacke laid down during the Telychian period of the Silurian era. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1017.
Creebridge, cairn 400m E 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 SM1017.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Minnigaff, motte S of Monigaff Parish Church (1.1 km), Minnigaff, Old Church (1.2 km), Blackcraig lead mines, lade, dressing floors, smelt mill and miners' cottages, Blackcraig (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Creebridge, cairn 400m E of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Creebridge, cairn 400m E of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.