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The cairn 220 metres south of Bridge of Westfield is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Caithness, northern Scotland. The structure is typical of Bronze Age burial cairns found throughout the Scottish Highlands, consisting of a mound of stones constructed to mark and protect a burial or burials beneath. Such cairns represent an important class of archaeological evidence for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the far north of Scotland. The site's location in the Caithness landscape reflects the distribution of Bronze Age communities across this region, and the monument survives as a physical record of prehistoric funerary custom.
Mill of Knockglass, cairn 220m S of, Bridge of Westfield is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM470. View the official record →
The cairn 220 metres south of Bridge of Westfield is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Caithness, northern Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM470.
Mill of Knockglass, cairn 220m S of, Bridge of Westfield 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 SM470.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cnoc an Ratha,fort SSE of Shurrery Kirk (6 km), Creagan a'Bheannaich,chapel & graveyard (6 km), Sithean Buidhe, chambered cairn 1000m WSW of Brawlbin Mains (6.1 km).
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