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Loynemore East is a Neolithic chambered cairn located 420 metres north-east of Lyne in Sutherland, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents the funerary architecture characteristic of early farming communities in northern Scotland. As a chambered cairn, it would have functioned as a communal burial monument, with an internal stone chamber constructed beneath or within a substantial rubble mound. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under the designation SM13698.
Loynemore East, chambered cairn 420m NE of Lyne is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13698. View the official record →
Loynemore East is a Neolithic chambered cairn located 420 metres north-east of Lyne in Sutherland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13698.
Loynemore East, chambered cairn 420m NE of Lyne dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn 420m ne of lyne. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Loynemore East, chambered cairn 420m NE of Lyne 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 SM13698.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glacbain, chambered cairn 760m SSE of (4.5 km), Strathseasgaich, chambered cairn 655m WSW of (6.2 km), Aultivullin, cairn 1065m SSE of Loch a' Mheallain (6.2 km).
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