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Knockloam ring-ditches is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located approximately 500 metres north-west of Knockloam in Nairnshire, Scotland. Ring-ditches of this type typically represent the eroded remains of burial mounds, or barrows, where the encircling ditch has survived better than the central earthwork. The site sits upon Middle Old Red Sandstone bedrock of Middle Devonian age, a varied geology of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone that characterises the interior of the Moray Firth basin.
Such monuments were constructed during the Bronze Age as focal points for ritual and burial activity within the landscape. The ditch would have originally defined a sacred or ceremonial space, and their preservation as earthworks reflects the enduring impact of prehistoric communities upon the Highland terrain.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM5195, recognising its significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and funerary practice in the north of Scotland.
Knockloam,ring-ditches 500m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5195. View the official record →
Knockloam ring-ditches is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located approximately 500 metres north-west of Knockloam in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5195.
Knockloam,ring-ditches 500m NW 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 SM5195.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Findlay,fort (1.7 km), Brackla Farm,enclosure 300m SW of (1.8 km), Slagachorrie, dun 835m NW of (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Knockloam,ring-ditches 500m NW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Knockloam,ring-ditches 500m NW of stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.