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Embo Street Cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. The cairn, situated to the south-east of Embo Street, is typical of the funerary structures erected during the Bronze Age, a period when such stone-built mounds served as communal or individual burial sites across northern Scotland. The monument remains a testament to prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices in this region of the far north. As a designated heritage site recorded within Historic Environment Scotland's database, it contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age activity and ritual practice in Sutherland.
Embo Street,cairn SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1788. View the official record →
Embo Street Cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1788.
Embo Street,cairn SE 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 SM1788.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dornoch Mercat Cross (2 km), Dornoch Cathedral, graveyard (2 km), Drumdivan,standing stone 400m SW of (3.2 km).
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