© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic Environment Scotland
Napper's Cottage is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock of the Shinnel and Glenlee formations, Ashgill wacke that provided the builders with locally available stone. Chambered cairns of this type were constructed during the Neolithic period as communal burial monuments, their internal chambers designed to contain human remains over generations. The stone construction at Napper's Cottage reflects the enduring architectural traditions of Neolithic communities in south-west Scotland, built to be monuments of considerable permanence and social significance within the landscape.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM5676, recognising its importance to understanding Neolithic funerary practices and settlement patterns in the region. Chambered cairns such as this represent some of Scotland's earliest monumental architecture, testament to the social organisation and communal labour of farming communities during the fourth and third millennia before the present day.
Napper's Cottage,chambered cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5676. View the official record →
Napper's Cottage is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5676.
Napper's Cottage,chambered cairn dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Napper's Cottage,chambered cairn 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 SM5676.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Thieves, standing stones, Blair Hill (0.5 km), Drumfern,cairn and remains of stone circle (0.9 km), Cordorcan, cairn 750m NE of (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Napper's Cottage,chambered cairn'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.
Napper's Cottage,chambered cairn stands on Shinnel Formation And Glenlee Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is wacke.