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Glen Everton House Cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Renfrewshire, south-western Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock formed from the Inverclyde Group, a geological sequence of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone laid down during the Osagean period. This mixed geology would have presented the builders with readily available stone suitable for construction.
Cairns of this type typically date to the second millennium BC and served as communal or elite burial monuments. The specific location, 540 metres south-south-east of Glen Everton House, places it within the rolling landscape of central Renfrewshire, an area with significant Bronze Age settlement evidence. The monument's survival to the present day reflects both its original substantial construction and the local topography that afforded it protection from intensive agricultural use.
The cairn is now protected as a scheduled monument under the Historic Environment Scotland listing SM12847, ensuring its preservation for future study and public understanding of Renfrewshire's prehistoric heritage.
Glen Everton House, cairn 540m SSE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12847. View the official record →
Glen Everton House Cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Renfrewshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12847.
Glen Everton House, cairn 540m SSE 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 SM12847.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kelly Bank Cottage, cairn 1240m ENE of (1.7 km), Kirkbrae House, burial vault 65m ENE of (1.7 km), Kelly Bank Cottage, cairn 1200m ENE of (1.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Glen Everton House, cairn 540m SSE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Glen Everton House, cairn 540m SSE of stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.