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Garbeg Cottage burial mounds is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. The site comprises a cluster of burial mounds situated 920 metres north-north-east of Garbeg Cottage, positioned on bedrock composed of Glenfinnan Group rocks formed during the Neoproterozoic era. These metamorphic rocks, primarily psammite and pelite, underlie the moorland terrain where the mounds are found.
The mounds represent Bronze Age or Iron Age burial practice in the region, though their precise date and cultural context remain to be fully determined. Such monuments are characteristically constructed from stone and earth accumulated over grave sites, often containing cremated or inhumed remains. The clustered arrangement suggests the burial ground served a community or kinship group over an extended period.
The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4635, recognising its significance to understanding prehistoric funerary practices in the Highlands. The exposed Glenfinnan Group geology provides hard, durable stone suitable for monument construction, reflecting how ancient communities utilised their local landscape to commemorate the dead.
Garbeg Cottage, burial mounds 920m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4635. View the official record →
Garbeg Cottage burial mounds is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4635.
Garbeg Cottage, burial mounds 920m NNE 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 SM4635.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Garbeg Cottage, settlement 1250m N of (0.5 km), Culnakirk Burn, burnt mounds 540m NNW of Garbeg Cottage (0.9 km), Upper Drumbuie, burnt mound 230m NNE of (1.1 km).
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Garbeg Cottage, burial mounds 920m NNE of stands on Glenfinnan Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite and pelite.