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Dundreich Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and comprises a substantial mound of stone constructed over a burial deposit, representing a form of funerary practice characteristic of the second millennium BCE in Scotland. Such cairns served as communal or individual burial sites and remain important archaeological evidence for understanding settlement patterns and ritual practices in prehistoric southern Scotland. The monument's survival into the present day contributes to the archaeological record of Peeblesshire's early prehistoric occupation.
Dundreich,cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2777. View the official record →
Dundreich Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2777.
Dundreich,cairn 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 SM2777.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Janet's Brae, fort 750m E of Peebles Hydropathic (8.6 km), Crosskirk, church and friary, Peebles (8.7 km), Janet's Brae, fort 550m E of Peebles Hydropathic (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dundreich,cairn'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.
Dundreich,cairn stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.