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Inchbare Cursus is a Neolithic ceremonial monument situated in Angus, Scotland. This long, narrow earthwork comprises parallel banks and ditches aligned roughly north-south across the landscape southeast of Inchbare. Such cursus monuments are among the earliest communal structures in Britain, typically dating to the fourth millennium BC, and are thought to have served ritual or processional functions for Neolithic communities.
The monument exploits the underlying geology of the Strathmore Group, where sandstone bedrock interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone would have provided workable material for the banks and ditches that characterise the site. The soils overlying this bedrock in the Angus lowlands offer the relatively level terrain favourable for the construction of such lengthy linear monuments.
Inchbare Cursus is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM6374, acknowledging its significance as evidence of Neolithic ritual practice and landscape organisation in eastern Scotland. The survival of such monuments allows archaeologists to understand how early farming communities structured their communal activities and territorial boundaries during the Neolithic period.
Inchbare,cursus SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6374. View the official record →
Inchbare Cursus is a Neolithic ceremonial monument situated in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6374.
Inchbare,cursus SE 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 SM6374.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kincraig,enclosure and ring ditch 300m E of (7 km), Balbirnie Mill,enclosure 300m ENE of (7.4 km), Arrat's Mill, barrows 535m NE of (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Inchbare,cursus SE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Inchbare,cursus SE of stands on Strathmore Group, bedrock that formed in the Emsian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.