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Kinpurnie Castle cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Angus, Scotland, situated approximately 400 metres west-north-west of Kinpurnie Castle itself. The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6299. Like other cairns of its type across Scotland, it represents a burial structure constructed during the Bronze Age, when such stone heaps served as markers for individual graves and communal burial sites across the landscape.
The cairn sits upon bedrock of the Arbuttnott-Garvock Group, comprising sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone dating to the Pragian period of the Early Devonian. This geology would have provided readily available stone for cairn construction, with the local sandstone and conglomerate worked into the mound structure. The underlying geology shaped both the monument's physical form and the raw materials available to its builders.
The monument survives within the agricultural landscape of Angus, retaining evidence of its Bronze Age ritual significance. As a scheduled monument, it benefits from statutory protection, recognising its importance to our understanding of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in eastern Scotland.
Kinpurnie Castle,cairn 400m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6299. View the official record →
Kinpurnie Castle cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Angus, Scotland, situated approximately 400 metres west-north-west of Kinpurnie Castle itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6299.
Kinpurnie Castle,cairn 400m WNW 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 SM6299.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including East Adamston, souterrain and unenclosed settlement 670m NNE of (7.2 km), Glenbran, ring fort 590m SE of (8.3 km), Dron Chapel (8.4 km).
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Kinpurnie Castle,cairn 400m WNW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.