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Fisherhills barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial ground located in Angus, Scotland. The site comprises multiple burial mounds constructed on bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate dating to the Late Devonian period. This underlying geology would have presented ancient builders with accessible stone suitable for cairn construction, making the location practical for a communal burial place. The cemetery reflects the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in eastern Scotland, when multiple generations were interred within a defined ritual landscape.
Barrow cemeteries of this type were established across Bronze Age Britain as focal points for ancestral commemoration and social cohesion. At Fisherhills, the clustering of mounds suggests repeated use over an extended period, with families or community groups returning to the site to inter their dead alongside their predecessors. Such cemeteries often became enduring landmarks within the territorial identity of Bronze Age societies.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under designation SM6104, recognising its archaeological significance. The survival of multiple barrows at this location provides important evidence for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns, social organisation and burial practices in the Angus region during the second millennium BC.
Fisherhills,barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6104. View the official record →
Fisherhills barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial ground located in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6104.
Fisherhills,barrow cemetery 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 SM6104.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dubton,unenclosed settlement NW of (3 km), Newbigging,unenclosed settlement and palisaded enclosure SW of (4.2 km), Newbigging,ring ditches 300m S of (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Fisherhills,barrow cemetery'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.
Fisherhills,barrow cemetery stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.