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Laikenbuie is a cairns located 300 metres south-south-west of Laikenbuie in Nairnshire, in the Scottish Highlands. The monument comprises a group of stone cairns constructed on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, a geological formation dating to the Middle Devonian period composed of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This underlying geology would have provided accessible stone for the cairns' construction, with the harder sandstone and conglomerate particularly suitable for building.
Cairn groups of this type typically date to the Bronze Age, serving as burial monuments or territorial markers across upland and moorland landscapes. The Laikenbuie cairns occupy a position on the geological plateau of northern Aberdeenshire, where similar monumental groupings are found across comparable terrain.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM11609, recognising its significance as an archaeological site. The cairns remain an important physical record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the region, their survival dependent on the rocky landscape that both enabled their original construction and continues to preserve them.
Laikenbuie, cairns 300m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11609. View the official record →
Laikenbuie is a cairns located 300 metres south-south-west of Laikenbuie in Nairnshire, in the Scottish Highlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11609.
Laikenbuie, cairns 300m SSW 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 SM11609.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Higher Hillhead, cairn 715m NNE of (1 km), Slagachorrie, dun 835m NW of (1.5 km), Rait Castle (1.5 km).
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Laikenbuie, cairns 300m SSW of stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.