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Ledmore chambered cairn, located 900 metres west of Ledmore in Sutherland, is a Neolithic monument dating to the fourth millennium before the common era. The structure comprises a stone cairn that originally enclosed a chambered burial space, characteristic of the megalithic tradition that flourished across Scotland during the Neolithic period. Such monuments served as communal burial places and represent significant investments of labour and organisation by prehistoric communities. The site remains an important archaeological record of Neolithic funerary practices and settlement patterns in the far north of mainland Scotland.
Ledmore, chambered cairn 900m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1804. View the official record →
Ledmore chambered cairn, located 900 metres west of Ledmore in Sutherland, is a Neolithic monument dating to the fourth millennium before the common era. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1804.
Ledmore, chambered cairn 900m W of dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Ledmore, chambered cairn 900m W 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 SM1804.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ledbeg, two chambered cairns 675m and 725m WSW of (1 km), Glacbain, cairn 270m NE of (1.5 km), Glacbain, chambered cairn 760m SSE of (1.6 km).
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