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Hare Cairn is a cairn situated on Bractullo Muir in Angus, Scotland. This Bronze Age burial monument consists of a mound of stone constructed on moorland bedrock of Arbuthnott-Garvock Group sandstone, laid down during the Pragian period over 400 million years ago. The underlying geology of sandstone with bands of conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone would have influenced both the construction materials available to prehistoric builders and the landscape's suitability for settlement.
The cairn represents a significant form of monumental burial practice characteristic of early prehistoric Scotland. Constructed from stone gathered from the surrounding moorland, the monument would originally have been more imposing than its present condition suggests. Such cairns typically covered burial chambers or cists containing human remains and grave goods, serving both as repositories for the dead and as enduring territorial markers across the landscape.
The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6633, recognising its archaeological importance and fragility. Hare Cairn remains an important record of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns in Angus, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric communities who inhabited these upland areas of eastern Scotland.
Hare Cairn, cairn, Bractullo Muir is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6633. View the official record →
Hare Cairn is a cairn situated on Bractullo Muir in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6633.
Hare Cairn, cairn, Bractullo Muir 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 SM6633.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Bride's Ring, dun 250m W of Kingennie House (6.2 km), Laws Hill,broch & fort (6.6 km), Unenclosed settlement, 275m S of Downie Mill (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Hare Cairn, cairn, Bractullo Muir'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.
Hare Cairn, cairn, Bractullo Muir stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.