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Cairn 715m NNE of Higher Hillhead is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Nairnshire in the Scottish Highlands. The cairn represents the burial practices of prehistoric communities in north-east Scotland during the second millennium before Christ, a period marked by the construction of stone mounds over cremated or inhumed remains. Such cairns typically functioned as territorial markers and communal records of the dead within the landscape. The monument's survival and official recording under the Historic Environment Scotland designation system reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary behaviour in the region.
Higher Hillhead, cairn 715m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3606. View the official record →
Cairn 715m NNE of Higher Hillhead is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Nairnshire in the Scottish Highlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3606.
Higher Hillhead, cairn 715m 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 SM3606.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Laikenbuie, cairns 300m SSW of (1 km), Shian Hillock, cairn 445m SE of The Knapp (1.9 km), Slagachorrie, dun 835m NW of (2.1 km).
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