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Mains of Moyness is a Bronze Age ring cairn and stone circle located in Nairnshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a circular arrangement of stones surrounding a cairn of piled rubble, a form typical of Bronze Age funerary and ceremonial sites in northern Scotland. Ring cairns of this type are thought to date from the middle to later Bronze Age, though precise chronology remains uncertain without excavation. The site represents an important example of Bronze Age ritual and burial practice in the Moray Firth region.
Mains of Moyness,ring cairn & stone circle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3115. View the official record →
Mains of Moyness is a Bronze Age ring cairn and stone circle located in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3115.
Mains of Moyness,ring cairn & stone circle dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a ring cairn & stone circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Mains of Moyness,ring cairn & stone circle 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 SM3115.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mains of Moyness,Moyness Castle (0.2 km), Easter Clune, ring cairn 285m WNW of (2 km), Meadowfield,enclosure 400m ENE of (2.6 km).
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