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Earney Hillock is a Neolithic chambered cairn located approximately 720 metres northeast of Granton Mains in Bowermadden, Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents one of the numerous megalithic burial structures characteristic of prehistoric northern Scotland. As a chambered cairn, the site would originally have comprised a stone burial chamber contained within a substantial cairn of stacked stones, serving as a communal or family sepulchre for Neolithic communities. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Record under the official designation HES INSPIRE SM439.
Earney Hillock, chambered cairn 720m NE of Granton Mains, Bowermadden is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM439. View the official record →
Earney Hillock is a Neolithic chambered cairn located approximately 720 metres northeast of Granton Mains in Bowermadden, Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM439.
Earney Hillock, chambered cairn 720m NE of Granton Mains, Bowermadden dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn 720m ne of granton mains, bowermadden. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Earney Hillock, chambered cairn 720m NE of Granton Mains, Bowermadden 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 SM439.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone Lud, standing stone, recumbent stone and cairn 240m WSW of Ludstone Cottage (3.2 km), Halcro Manse,broch 640m S of (3.6 km), Cairn of Heathercow, long cairn, Brabster Moss (4.6 km).
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