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Groat's Loch Cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Caithness, northern Scotland. The cairn, situated approximately 225 metres west-southwest of Groat's Loch, forms part of the extensive prehistoric burial landscape characteristic of the Caithness region. As a Bronze Age structure, it represents the ritual and commemorative practices of communities active during the second millennium BC. The monument contributes to the archaeological record of early metal-using societies in the far north of Scotland and their use of monumental architecture for interment and ancestral commemoration.
Groat's Loch, cairn 225m WSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4338. View the official record →
Groat's Loch Cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Caithness, northern Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4338.
Groat's Loch, cairn 225m WSW 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 SM4338.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn Hanach,chambered cairn S side of Warehouse Hill (0.2 km), Broughwhin, cairn and stone row 190m NW of Groat's Loch (0.2 km), Cairn of Get, chambered cairn, cairns and cists (0.4 km).
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