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Dun Bharpa is a Neolithic chambered cairn located approximately 800 metres north-east of Balnacraig in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents the funerary and ceremonial practices of early farming communities in the Scottish Highlands. As a chambered cairn, it would have functioned as a communal burial monument, with an internal stone chamber accessed by a passage, typical of Neolithic sepulchral architecture in northern Scotland. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under the reference SM897 and remains an important archaeological indicator of Neolithic settlement and ritual activity in the region.
Dun Bharpa,chambered cairn 800m NE of Balnacraig is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM897. View the official record →
Dun Bharpa is a Neolithic chambered cairn located approximately 800 metres north-east of Balnacraig in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM897.
Dun Bharpa,chambered cairn 800m NE of Balnacraig dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn 800m ne of balnacraig. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Dun Bharpa,chambered cairn 800m NE of Balnacraig 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 SM897.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grianan,chambered cairn 550m SW of (0.8 km), St Michael's Chapel,chapel,Port na Cille,Barra (2.4 km), Loch nic Ruaidhe, dun, Barra (3 km).
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