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Na Sidheanan is a group of ancient burial mounds located 200 metres north of Laig Farm on the Isle of Eigg in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The mounds represent funerary monuments of prehistoric date, though the precise period of their construction remains uncertain from the available archaeological record. Their location on Eigg reflects the island's significance as a burial landscape during the early medieval and prehistoric periods, when such monumental earthworks served as focal points for community commemoration and burial practice.
Na Sidheanan, burial mounds 200m N of Laig Farm, Eigg is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10994. View the official record →
Na Sidheanan is a group of ancient burial mounds located 200 metres north of Laig Farm on the Isle of Eigg in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10994.
Na Sidheanan, burial mounds 200m N of Laig Farm, Eigg 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 SM10994.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Poll Duchaill, fort 250m SE of Clach Alasdair, Eigg (1.3 km), Cnoc Smeordail, hut circles and enclosures, Eigg (1.6 km), Lochan Nighean Dughaill, shielings at head of Gleann Charadail, Eigg (2.6 km).
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