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Loirston Country Park, cairn and dyke is an ancient monument complex located in Kincardineshire, Scotland, comprising both a cairn and an associated dyke situated approximately 220 metres north-east of Cat Cairn. The site represents Bronze Age burial and settlement activity typical of the Aberdeenshire landscape. The cairn structure and its accompanying dyke element suggest a funerary monument that may have served both ritual and territorial functions within its contemporary landscape. The monument falls within the broader corpus of cairn construction characteristic of the second millennium BC in north-east Scotland.
Loirston Country Park, cairn and dyke 220m NE of Cat Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12342. View the official record →
Loirston Country Park, cairn and dyke is an ancient monument complex located in Kincardineshire, Scotland, comprising both a cairn and an associated dyke situated approximately 220 metres north-east of Cat Cairn. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12342.
Loirston Country Park, cairn and dyke 220m NE of Cat Cairn 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 SM12342.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cat Cairn, cairn (0.2 km), Baron's Cairn, cairn (0.6 km), Tullos Cairn, cairn (1 km).
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