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Knockupple long cairn is a Neolithic funerary monument located in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, situated approximately 1460 metres north of Knockupple. The cairn represents the monumental architecture of the early farming communities of the Scottish Neolithic period, dating to the fourth millennium BCE. As a long cairn, it would have functioned as a communal burial structure, reflecting the corporate mortuary practices characteristic of Neolithic societies in western Britain. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork and constitutes part of the broader distribution of megalithic long cairns found throughout Scotland during the early Neolithic period.
Knockupple, long cairn 1460m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2911. View the official record →
Knockupple long cairn is a Neolithic funerary monument located in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, situated approximately 1460 metres north of Knockupple. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2911.
Knockupple, long cairn 1460m N of dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a long cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Knockupple, long cairn 1460m N 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 SM2911.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mar Hall, crannog 460m NE of (7.8 km), Antonine Wall, N of North Dalnottar Cemetery (7.9 km), Antonine Wall and fortlet, NW of Carleith Primary School (8.1 km).
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