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Mains of Airleywight cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Perthshire, Scotland. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents the type of funerary structure commonly constructed across Scotland during the second millennium BC. Such cairns typically comprise a mound of stones covering a burial chamber or cist, functioning as a communal or individual burial site for the period's populations. The monument is recorded within the Historic Environment Scotland database under designation SM2898, reflecting its status as a scheduled ancient monument of archaeological importance.
Mains of Airleywight,cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2898. View the official record →
Mains of Airleywight cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2898.
Mains of Airleywight,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 SM2898.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pitsundry, standing stone 250m W of (2.1 km), Loak, standing stone 470m SSE of (4.2 km), Court Hill,cairn,Loak (4.3 km).
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