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Oslie is a Neolithic chambered cairn located approximately 250 metres south of Lynegar House in Caithness, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and belongs to the tradition of megalithic communal burial structures characteristic of northern Scotland during the fourth and third millennia before the present. As a chambered cairn, the site would originally have comprised a stone-built burial chamber enclosed within a substantial cairn mound, serving as a communal sepulchre for successive generations. The survival of such monuments in the Caithness landscape provides important evidence for Neolithic settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the far north of Britain.
Oslie, chambered cairn 250m S of Lynegar House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM472. View the official record →
Oslie is a Neolithic chambered cairn located approximately 250 metres south of Lynegar House in Caithness, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM472.
Oslie, chambered cairn 250m S of Lynegar House dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn 250m s of lynegar house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Oslie, chambered cairn 250m S of Lynegar House 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 SM472.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Green Hill Broch, 40m W of Grant Hall (1.8 km), Nether Banks, broch 220m NNE of (3.1 km), Gallow Hillock, cairn on Backlass Hill (3.5 km).
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