Fettercairn House,burial mound 450m SW of

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History & significance

Fettercairn House burial mound is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated approximately 450 metres south-west of Fettercairn House in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The mound rises from bedrock formed from the Strathmore Group, a sequence of Emsian sandstones interlaid with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone that characterises the local geology of this lowland Aberdeenshire valley. This geological foundation provided stable ground for the monument's construction during the Bronze Age, when such earthen burial mounds were common across Scotland.

The burial mound belongs to a distinctive tradition of communal or elite burial monuments that proliferated across eastern Scotland during the Bronze Age period. These structures typically contained cremated remains and grave goods deposited within or beneath the earthwork, though the specific contents and construction details of this particular mound are not extensively documented in the available records.

The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under scheduled monument reference SM4961, reflecting its importance as evidence of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns in the Mearns region. Its survival in the landscape provides valuable information about prehistoric land use and burial custom in this part of Kincardineshire.

Fettercairn House,burial mound 450m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4961. View the official record →

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The bedrock under Fettercairn House,burial mound 450m SW of

Fettercairn House,burial mound 450m SW of stands on Strathmore Group, bedrock that formed in the Emsian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.