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Old Corry Cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the Isle of Skye in Inverness-shire, Scotland, situated 820 metres north-east of the settlement of Old Corry. The cairn sits on bedrock of the Durness Group, a limestone formation of Whiterock age composed of dolostone, which would have provided the stone for its construction. This geological setting is typical of much of Skye's interior, where such ancient rock outcrops offered convenient building material for Bronze Age communities.
Cairn monuments such as this served as burial or ceremonial sites and were commonly constructed across the Hebrides during the Bronze Age period. The Durness Group bedrock's pale colour would have made this cairn visually prominent in the landscape, potentially marking it as a significant territorial or burial marker for local populations. The monument's location in the upland terrain of Skye reflects patterns of Bronze Age settlement across the Scottish islands.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM13673, securing its preservation for future study. Though the monument has not been extensively excavated in recorded times, it remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age ritual practice and settlement patterns on the Isle of Skye.
Old Corry, cairns 820m NE of, Isle of Skye. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13673. View the official record →
Old Corry Cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the Isle of Skye in Inverness-shire, Scotland, situated 820 metres north-east of the settlement of Old Corry. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13673.
Old Corry, cairns 820m NE of, Isle of Skye. 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 SM13673.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Broadford Bay, chambered cairn 35m NE of Eirigh na Greine (1.3 km), Cill Chriosd,church and burial ground (3.3 km), Dun Boreraig,fort,Strath (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Old Corry, cairns 820m NE of, Isle of Skye.'s history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Old Corry, cairns 820m NE of, Isle of Skye. stands on Durness Group, bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is dolostone.