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Easter Clune is a Bronze Age ring cairn located in Nairnshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. Ring cairns of this period typically comprised a circular or near-circular bank of stones with a central hollow, often representing a simplified or economical form of burial monument. The structure sits upon Middle Old Red Sandstone bedrock, a Devonian conglomerate interspersed with sandstone, siltstone and mudstone that would have shaped both the immediate landscape and the character of stone available to its Bronze Age builders.
The monument occupies a landscape shaped by these underlying geological deposits, which weather to produce variable stone suitable for cairn construction. Ring cairns served ritual and commemorative purposes during the Bronze Age, though their precise ceremonial functions remain subjects of archaeological study. The form suggests a community investment in creating a structured funerary or ceremonial focus within the Nairnshire landscape.
Today Easter Clune survives as physical evidence of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial activity in the region. Its scheduling reflects its significance as a rare monument type whose distribution patterns and construction details contribute to understanding Bronze Age communities in northern Scotland.
Easter Clune, ring cairn 285m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3134. View the official record →
Easter Clune is a Bronze Age ring cairn located in Nairnshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3134.
Easter Clune, ring cairn 285m WNW 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.
Easter Clune, ring cairn 285m WNW 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 SM3134.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mains of Moyness,ring cairn & stone circle (2 km), Mains of Moyness,Moyness Castle (2.2 km), Higher Hillhead, cairn 715m NNE of (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Easter Clune, ring cairn 285m WNW of'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.
Easter Clune, ring cairn 285m WNW of stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.