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North Straiton barrows, pits and building 160m W of North Straiton is a multi-period archaeological site in Fife that includes Bronze Age burial mounds, associated pit features and the remains of a later building. The site lies on geology formed from Devonian mafic lavas and tuffs, which create a distinctive landscape of volcanic bedrock characteristic of this part of Fife. This geological foundation would have influenced settlement patterns and land use throughout the site's occupation phases.
The barrow cemetery represents the Bronze Age funerary practice of constructing earthen mounds to commemorate the dead, a custom widespread across Scotland during this period. The associated pits suggest activity related to ritual, domestic practice or resource management contemporaneous with the burials. The later building indicates that the location retained significance or practical appeal in subsequent periods, possibly exploiting the elevated ground created by the prehistoric mounds.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland and designated under reference SM6875. Its survival as an upstanding archaeological landscape makes it an important record of Bronze Age burial practice and later settlement within Fife's distinctive volcanic terrain. The combination of barrows, pits and structural remains offers potential to understand how communities used and reused significant locations across multiple periods of Scottish prehistory and history.
North Straiton, barrows, pits and building 160m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6875. View the official record →
North Straiton barrows, pits and building 160m W of North Straiton is a multi-period archaeological site in Fife that includes Bronze Age burial mounds, associated pit features and the remains of a later building. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6875.
North Straiton, barrows, pits and building 160m W 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 SM6875.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Southfield, unenclosed settlement W of (2.1 km), Southfield, cropmarks E and SE of (2.9 km), Pusk Farm Cottages, ring-ditch & enclosures 250m NE of (3.2 km).
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North Straiton, barrows, pits and building 160m W of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.