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Mains of Careston, barrows 100m E of is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Angus, Scotland. The site comprises one or more earthen mounds constructed to inter the dead during the period roughly 2200 to 700 BC, when such monuments dominated the funerary landscape of Scotland. The barrows sit upon bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a geological formation of Pragian age comprising sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone, which provides the local stone resources that would have been available to the monument's builders.
The barrows occupy an elevated position in the Angus landscape that affords views across the surrounding agricultural terrain. Such positioning was typical of Bronze Age burial practices, which often selected prominent locations to mark the graves of significant individuals or families. The mounding of earth and stone over inhumed or cremated remains created durable monuments that served both as functional burials and as enduring statements of identity and social status within Bronze Age communities.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM6391, recognising its importance to the archaeological heritage of the region. The Mains of Careston barrows contribute to our understanding of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns across lowland Angus during the second and first millennia BC.
Mains of Careston, barrows 100m E of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6391. View the official record →
Mains of Careston, barrows 100m E of is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6391.
Mains of Careston, barrows 100m E 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 SM6391.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carsegownie,cairn 400m SE of (6.3 km), Turin Hill, forts and cup-and-ring marked rock (6.7 km), Westerton,standing stone 120m W of (7.8 km).
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Mains of Careston, barrows 100m E of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.