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Mains of Daviot Farm is a Bronze Age ring cairn and stone circle located in Inverness-shire, approximately 600 metres north-north-east of the farm itself. The monument occupies ground underlain by Middle Old Red Sandstone of Middle Devonian age, comprising conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This local geology would have provided accessible stone for the monument's construction and shaped the landscape in which Bronze Age communities chose to establish this ceremonial site.
The ring cairn consists of a circular mound of stone with a defined outer perimeter, a characteristic form of funerary monument from the Bronze Age. Ring cairns typically enclosed burial deposits and were often accompanied by associated stone circles, as is the case here. This combination reflects the ritual and commemorative practices of the Bronze Age communities inhabiting the Highlands.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM3085, recognising its archaeological significance and Bronze Age date. The monument survives as an important record of Bronze Age ceremonial activity in northern Scotland and demonstrates the long-standing use of this landscape for ritual purposes during the second millennium before the Common Era.
Mains of Daviot Farm, ring cairn and stone circle 600m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3085. View the official record →
Mains of Daviot Farm is a Bronze Age ring cairn and stone circle located in Inverness-shire, approximately 600 metres north-north-east of the farm itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3085.
Mains of Daviot Farm, ring cairn and stone circle 600m NNE of dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a ring cairn and stone circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mains of Daviot Farm, ring cairn and stone circle 600m NNE 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 SM3085.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mid Craggie, cairn 90m E of (2.3 km), Craggie Cottage, settlement cairns and field system 600m SW of (2.9 km), Mid Lairgs, bridge and military road 200m SSE of (5.3 km).
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Mains of Daviot Farm, ring cairn and stone circle 600m NNE of stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.