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High Auchenlarie is a cairn located in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-west Scotland, eight hundred metres north-west of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands upon bedrock belonging to the Hawick Group, a sequence of wacke sandstones and siltstones deposited during the Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period, around four hundred and twenty-five million years ago. This underlying geology, typical of the Southern Uplands, has weathered to produce the stone-rich soils characteristic of the moorland landscape in which the cairn sits.
The cairn belongs to a class of prehistoric burial or ceremonial monuments widely distributed across Scotland, most commonly dating from the Bronze Age. Such structures were constructed by heaping stone gathered from the surrounding terrain, creating a durable marker that would have remained visible across the open moorland for millennia.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference number SM1026, recognising its importance to Scotland's archaeological heritage and ensuring its preservation for future study and public understanding.
High Auchenlarie, cairn 800m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1026. View the official record →
High Auchenlarie is a cairn located in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-west Scotland, eight hundred metres north-west of the settlement from which it takes its name. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1026.
High Auchenlarie, cairn 800m NW 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 SM1026.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including High Auchenlarie,stone circle & cup & ring marked rock 380m N of (0.8 km), Kirkclaugh, cross-slab 20m E of (1.4 km), Cairn Holy, chambered cairn 35m S of Cairnholy (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of High Auchenlarie, cairn 800m NW of'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.
High Auchenlarie, cairn 800m NW of stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.