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King's Yett is a cairn located in Stirlingshire, Scotland, situated approximately 300 metres west of the settlement from which it takes its name. The monument stands upon bedrock composed of unnamed extrusive rocks dating to the Dinantian period of the Mississippian epoch, formed from mafic lava and mafic tuff. This volcanic geology underlies much of the local landscape and would have been a familiar feature to the communities who built and used the cairn.
Cairns of this type typically served multiple purposes within prehistoric and early historic societies, functioning as burial monuments, territorial markers or ritual sites. The King's Yett cairn represents an important surviving example of such funerary or ceremonial architecture within Stirlingshire, preserving evidence of past land use and settlement patterns in the region.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2580, recognising its archaeological and historical significance. This scheduled monument status ensures the preservation of the cairn and the wider archaeological context it provides for understanding the development of human settlement and ritual practice across central Scotland.
King's Yett,cairn 300m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2580. View the official record →
King's Yett is a cairn located in Stirlingshire, Scotland, situated approximately 300 metres west of the settlement from which it takes its name. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2580.
King's Yett,cairn 300m W 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 SM2580.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castlehill Wood, dun 780m S of Touch Mollar (2.2 km), Sauchie Craig,fort,North Third Reservoir (2.6 km), Murrayshall Farm, dun 200m SE of (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of King's Yett,cairn 300m W of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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King's Yett,cairn 300m W of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Dinantian, bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.