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Inchbare Cursus is a Neolithic earthwork located in Angus, Scotland, comprising a pair of parallel banks that define a rectangular ceremonial avenue. The monument sits on bedrock of the Strathmore Group, Emsian sandstone interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone, which would have presented a relatively firm foundation for construction. Like other cursuses of the period, this monument likely served ritual or processional functions, with the parallel banks channelling movement across the landscape during ceremonies or gatherings of Neolithic communities.
The cursus is positioned north-east of Inchbare and remains a significant archaeological feature of the Angus landscape, representative of the monumental traditions established in Britain during the fourth millennium BC. The sandy and silty soils overlying the local bedrock would have been workable for the Bronze Age and earlier communities who shaped the earthen banks from material extracted from the site itself.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under scheduled monument reference SM6373, recognising its importance as evidence of prehistoric ceremonial practice and landscape use in the Tayside region.
Inchbare,cursus NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6373. View the official record →
Inchbare Cursus is a Neolithic earthwork located in Angus, Scotland, comprising a pair of parallel banks that define a rectangular ceremonial avenue. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6373.
Inchbare,cursus NE 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 SM6373.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kincraig,enclosure and ring ditch 300m E of (7.2 km), Balbirnie Mill,enclosure 300m ENE of (7.6 km), Arrat, burial ground and hospital 65m E of Magdalene's Chapel Cottage (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Inchbare,cursus NE 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.
Inchbare,cursus NE of stands on Strathmore Group, bedrock that formed in the Emsian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.