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Kerrowaird Barrows is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Inverness-shire, Scotland, comprising a group of earthen mounds situated on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone. The underlying geology, composed of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone laid down during the Middle Devonian period, would have provided a firm foundation for the barrow construction, typical of burial practices across northern Scotland during the Bronze Age.
The barrows occupy a landscape shaped by ancient fluvial and depositional processes, with the hard sandstone geology influencing both settlement patterns and the preservation of these monuments over millennia. Such burial mounds served as conspicuous markers across the moorland, establishing territorial claims and commemorating deceased members of Bronze Age communities.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6017, recognising its archaeological significance and national importance. This designation ensures the monument's preservation and controls any works affecting the barrows, maintaining their integrity for future archaeological study and as a tangible record of prehistoric funerary practice in the Scottish Highlands.
Kerrowaird, barrows 270m NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6017. View the official record →
Kerrowaird Barrows is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Inverness-shire, Scotland, comprising a group of earthen mounds situated on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6017.
Kerrowaird, barrows 270m 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 SM6017.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Culloden Battlefield, Graves of the Clans, Cairn and Well of the Dead (5.3 km), Clava Cairns, cairns 70m, 170m NE of and 210m, 460m ENE of, barrow 270m NE of, and standing stone 395m NE of Balnuarin (5.4 km), Milton of Clava, cairn 215m SSW of (5.9 km).
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Kerrowaird, barrows 270m NE of stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.