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Grannie's Heilan Hame is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Sutherland, Scotland, situated approximately 30 metres north-north-east of its reference point. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents the funerary architecture characteristic of early farming communities in northern Scotland. As a chambered cairn, the site would have functioned as a communal burial monument, with an internal stone chamber surrounded by a mound of stones. The survival of such monuments in Sutherland provides evidence of Neolithic settlement patterns and burial practices in the far north of Scotland.
Grannie's Heilan Hame, chambered cairn 30m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5975. View the official record →
Grannie's Heilan Hame is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Sutherland, Scotland, situated approximately 30 metres north-north-east of its reference point. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5975.
Grannie's Heilan Hame, chambered cairn 30m NNE of dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Grannie's Heilan Hame, chambered cairn 30m 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 SM5975.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Embo Street,cairn SE of (1.6 km), Earl's Cross, carved stone, Dornoch (2.6 km), Glen Cottage, long cairn 520m SE of (3.5 km).
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