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Edmund's Grave is a burial cairn located in Perthshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The cairn sits upon bedrock composed of mafic lava and tuff formations dating to the Devonian period, geological foundations that have anchored this funerary monument for millennia. The volcanic character of the underlying stone distinguishes this location within Perthshire's varied geological landscape.
Burial cairns of this type represent a widespread funerary tradition across Scotland, built by stacking stone to create prominent markers over the remains of the dead. Such monuments typically date to the Bronze Age, though some cairn-building traditions extended into later periods. Edmund's Grave's presence in Perthshire situates it within a region rich in prehistoric and early historic burial practices, where numerous similar stone monuments remain visible across the countryside.
The monument's name suggests a tradition of commemoration associated with a particular individual, a naming pattern that often reflects both historical memory and local oral tradition. Today, Edmund's Grave stands as a tangible record of funeral practice and landscape use in ancient Scotland, its substantial construction ensuring its survival as an archaeological resource for understanding past communities and their relationship with the Perthshire landscape.
Edmund's Grave, burial cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9458. View the official record →
Edmund's Grave is a burial cairn located in Perthshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9458.
Edmund's Grave, burial 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 SM9458.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn Geddes, cairn (3.1 km), Balvaird Castle (3.8 km), Easter Nether Urquhart, cairn 980m ENE of (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Edmund's Grave, burial 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.
Edmund's Grave, burial cairn stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.