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Culdoich Ring Cairn is a Bronze Age ring cairn situated in Inverness-shire, Highland Scotland. The monument occupies ground underlain by Middle Old Red Sandstone bedrock of Middle Devonian age, composed of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This substantial stone structure represents a distinctive funerary monument type characteristic of the Bronze Age, when communal burial practices gave way to individual interments marked by substantial cairn constructions across northern Britain.
The ring cairn form comprises a circular or slightly oval mound of stone with a defining central depression or ring hollow, distinguishing it from simple cairns. Such monuments typically contained cremated remains and grave goods within a central burial chamber or cist. The underlying geology of hard sedimentary rock at Culdoich would have presented considerable challenges to Bronze Age builders, who must have sourced stone from weathered outcrops or glacial deposits across the local landscape.
Culdoich Ring Cairn is designated as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's protection scheme, reference SM3091. This scheduled status recognises its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns in the Scottish Highlands, preserving it for future archaeological study and public understanding of this important period in Scottish prehistory.
Culdoich, ring cairn 490m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3091. View the official record →
Culdoich Ring Cairn is a Bronze Age ring cairn situated in Inverness-shire, Highland Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3091.
Culdoich, ring cairn 490m NW of dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a ring cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Culdoich, ring cairn 490m NW 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 SM3091.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Daltullich House, enclosure 245m NE of (2.1 km), Mains of Daviot Farm, ring cairn and stone circle 600m NNE of (3.5 km), Daviot Castle (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Culdoich, ring cairn 490m NW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Culdoich, ring cairn 490m NW of stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.