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Kinrive West and Kinrive East are Neolithic long cairns situated in Ross-shire, Scotland, located approximately 150 metres north-north-west and 175 metres north respectively of Mid Kinrive. These monuments date to the Neolithic period and represent the cairn-building traditions characteristic of early farming communities in northern Scotland. Long cairns of this type typically served as communal burial monuments and are among the earliest monumental structures in the British Isles. The two cairns at Kinrive form part of a broader distribution of similar Neolithic funerary monuments across the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
Kinrive West and Kinrive East, long cairns 150m NNW and 175m N of Mid Kinrive is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2436. View the official record →
Kinrive West and Kinrive East are Neolithic long cairns situated in Ross-shire, Scotland, located approximately 150 metres north-north-west and 175 metres north respectively of Mid Kinrive. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2436.
Kinrive West and Kinrive East, long cairns 150m NNW and 175m N of Mid Kinrive dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a long cairns 150m nnw and 175m n of mid kinrive. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Kinrive West and Kinrive East, long cairns 150m NNW and 175m N of Mid Kinrive 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 SM2436.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including King's Head Cairn, chambered cairn 230m WSW of Mid Kinrive (0.3 km), Scotsburn House,fort 580m W of (1.7 km), Rhicullen training trenches, 200m N and 300m NW of Wester Rhicullen (3.4 km).
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