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Culdoich is a Neolithic chambered cairn and standing stone situated in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument occupies terrain underlain by Middle Old Red Sandstone bedrock dating to the Middle Devonian period, comprising conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This geological foundation provided the raw materials available to the monument's builders for construction.
The chambered cairn represents a distinctive form of Neolithic communal burial architecture, built during the fourth and third millennia before the present. Such monuments typically comprised a stone-built burial chamber, originally covered by a substantial cairn of earth and rubble. The associated standing stone would have served as a prominent landscape marker, visible across considerable distances and reinforcing the monument's ceremonial and funerary significance within its local community.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the statutory reference SM11851, recognising its importance as evidence of Neolithic settlement, ritual practice and social organisation in the Highlands. The specific combination of chambered cairn and standing stone at Culdoich demonstrates the structured landscape management practised by these early farming communities, with monuments placed to command views and define territorial boundaries within the Inverness-shire region.
Culdoich, chambered cairn and standing stone 620m S of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11851. View the official record →
Culdoich is a Neolithic chambered cairn and standing stone situated in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11851.
Culdoich, chambered cairn and standing stone 620m S of dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn and standing stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Culdoich, chambered cairn and standing stone 620m S 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 SM11851.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Daltullich House, enclosure 245m NE of (1.8 km), Mains of Daviot Farm, ring cairn and stone circle 600m NNE of (3.3 km), Daviot Castle (3.4 km).
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Culdoich, chambered cairn and standing stone 620m S of stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.