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Lang Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on Gallangad Muir in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a substantial cairn structure that once contained an internal burial chamber, typical of the megalithic traditions of the fourth and third millennia before the present era. The site represents the funerary and ceremonial practices of Scotland's earliest farming communities during the Neolithic period. Like other chambered cairns of this region, Lang Cairn would have served as a communal burial monument, with its stone construction designed to endure as a permanent marker of territorial and ancestral significance within the landscape.
Lang Cairn, chambered cairn and cairn, Gallangad Muir is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2329. View the official record →
Lang Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on Gallangad Muir in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2329.
Lang Cairn, chambered cairn and cairn, Gallangad Muir dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn and cairn, gallangad muir. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Lang Cairn, chambered cairn and cairn, Gallangad Muir 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 SM2329.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Antonine Wall and fort, Gavinburn Bus Depot, Old Kilpatrick (8.3 km), Mar Hall, crannog 460m NE of (8.6 km), Antonine Wall, N of North Dalnottar Cemetery (8.7 km).
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