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Melgund Cottage is a post-medieval cairn located in Angus, Scotland, situated 100 metres west-north-west of the cottage itself. The monument stands on bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, Pragian sandstone interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone, which gives the surrounding landscape its distinctive geological character. The cairn represents a tradition of stone clearance and burial monument construction that persisted in rural Scotland well beyond the medieval period, utilising the readily available stone from the local bedrock.
An associated enclosure lies approximately 200 metres west-north-west of the cottage, suggesting a landscape organised for both settlement and pastoral use. Together, these features form part of the post-medieval settlement pattern in this area of Angus, where communities continued to manage their land and mark significant locations through cairn construction.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM6471, ensuring its preservation as evidence of rural life and land management practices in early modern Scotland.
Melgund Cottage,cairn 100m WNW of and enclosure 200m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6471. View the official record →
Melgund Cottage is a post-medieval cairn located in Angus, Scotland, situated 100 metres west-north-west of the cottage itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6471.
Melgund Cottage,cairn 100m WNW of and enclosure 200m WNW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a cairn 100m wnw of and enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Melgund Cottage,cairn 100m WNW of and enclosure 200m WNW 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 SM6471.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Westerton,standing stone 120m W of (4.4 km), Balgavies Castle (4.9 km), Guthrie Hill,cairn (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Melgund Cottage,cairn 100m WNW of and enclosure 200m WNW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Melgund Cottage,cairn 100m WNW of and enclosure 200m WNW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.