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Middle Bridge of Cree, cairn 110m WNW of is a Bronze Age cairn located in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland. The monument sits on bedrock of the Kirkcolm Formation, a wacke deposit laid down during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician era. This underlying geology would have influenced the availability of stone for the cairn's construction, as wacke typically occurs as substantial rock outcrops suitable for quarrying.
The cairn is typical of the funerary monuments built across Scotland during the Bronze Age, when such burial structures served as prominent landscape markers for communities. The monument's position relative to the River Cree reflects the Bronze Age preference for siting cairns within accessible river valleys, where settlement and movement corridors were concentrated.
The site is protected under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM1943, recognising its significance as an archaeological resource. Like many cairns of its period, it survives as evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and the ceremonial importance attached to monumental construction in the prehistoric landscape of south-west Scotland.
Middle Bridge of Cree,cairn 110m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1943. View the official record →
Middle Bridge of Cree, cairn 110m WNW of is a Bronze Age cairn located in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1943.
Middle Bridge of Cree,cairn 110m 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 SM1943.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including White Cairn, chambered cairn 630m W of Glentrool School (2 km), Minnoch,Old Bridge of (2.6 km), White Cairn,cairn 910m NNE of Bargrennan Cottage (2.7 km).
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Middle Bridge of Cree,cairn 110m WNW of stands on Kirkcolm Formation, bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.